num_pages: 240
description: Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Translated by Lewis Galantière.
language: English
title: Wind, Sand and Stars
titlecomplete: Wind, Sand and Stars
genres: Classics, Adventure, France, History, Aviation, Travel, Philosophy, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 17794
awards: awardedAt: -978278400000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: -978278400000
name: Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt