![]() ![]() There was never a movie or TV adaptation, so your mind was free to imagine the scenes he describes. The book is a thoughtful autobiography, imbued with a humanistic streak as the author ponders themes such as loyalty, friendship, courage and the loss of childhood innocence. And so, even as I learned to appreciate my new surroundings and cheered the Montreal Canadiens and watched Québécois sitcoms, part of me felt atypical and I found comfort in the exoticism and vivid imagery of Saint-Exupéry's work. To be a refugee or an immigrant is to have different memories from the people who surround you. It became a book I regularly revisited, a work by an author who regularly appeared in my life in the new land. Terre des hommes, which details the pioneering days of commercial aviation, has always had a resonance for people who enjoy adventure writing, with its epic descriptions of pilots guiding rickety aircraft over Africa and Latin America. ![]()
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