''Courrier sud'', translated as ''Southern Mail'' and ''Southern Carrier'', is the first novel by

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (, , ), was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator. Born in Lyon to an French nobility, aristocratic ...

, published in 1929.de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine (1929) Southern Mail. Translated by Curtis Cate (1972). Mariner Books, Encouraged by the publication of his short story The Aviator, Saint-Exupéry followed up with this work based on his pioneering flights for the French

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service.Parry, M. A Symbolic Interpretation of "Courrier Sud" ''

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'', Vol. 69, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 297–307 A structured novel, it has three sections, the shorter outer sections being set in the heat and daylight of the

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, the long central section in France at night and in pelting rain. The story thread consists of an investigation into the disappearance of an aviator in the Sahara. The novel was published in an English translation by Stuart Gilbert in 1933. It was adapted into the 1937 French film '' Courrier sud'' directed by Pierre Billon.

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