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Sagittarius Rising: Penguin Classics

Autor Cecil Lewis Samuel Hynes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mai 2014 – vârsta de la 18 ani
A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of "War Horse" and the charm of "The Little Prince"
A singular, lyrical book, "Sagittarius Rising" is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army s Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn t even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to dogfight the Red Baron and live to tell the tale. Full of infectious charm and written with the prose and pacing of a novel, "Sagittarius Rising" beautifully recounts Lewis s harrowing exploits in the sky alongside his wild times of partying and chasing girls while on leave in London. His coming-of-age story is unlike any other WWI memoir you ve read before.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators."
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ISBN-13: 9780143107347
ISBN-10: 0143107348
Pagini: 245
Dimensiuni: 130 x 200 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: Penguin Books
Seria Penguin Classics


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