Letter to a Hostage

The acclaimed aviator and adventurer wrote this letter while waiting inPortugal for a passage to the U.S. having just escaped the terrors of wartornFrance and d... » 

The acclaimed aviator and adventurer wrote this letter while waiting inPortugal for a passage to the U.S. having just escaped the terrors of wartornFrance and dedicated it to the 40 million Frenchmen hostages of the Germans.SaintExuperys observations on the aimless existence of his fellow exiles inLisbon filled with parties gambling and spies leads him to examine the natureof existence itself. The particularity of this moment as the world seemed tobe coming to an end makes for a searing and timeless evocation of the natureof humanity. «