[1] 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 airmail service.

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.

[3] It was adapted into the 1937 French film Courrier sud directed by Pierre Billon.

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