Earth men from the sky ...

Terre des hommes, it basically tells aerial adventures, is primarily a book about humanity, men, relationships between the individual and the masses. As the author himself points out, the plane is just a tool, get the mail is just one of many ways to reveal the man in the heart of the driver. Under the wings and the roaring engine of these cuckoos, they are men that Saint Exupéry describes, deciphers; These are fragments of humanity that enlightens and shine in the sky.
He gives us his truth, his key to the world, his philosophy. We feel a great man there, a big heart, a humanity that will burst in extraordinary Citadelleet that too often reduced to the Little Prince.
Although the exploits narrated in this book are also drugs and worthy of attention, but we must not stop there if we want to understand this great writer.