Letter To A Hostage by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A wartime meditation addressed to a friend trapped under occupation, it reflects on the sanctity of friendship, hospitality, and the human face amid the dehumanizing forces of ideology and conflict. Blending personal recollection with moral reflection, it pleads for empathy, dignity, and quiet courage, insisting that true loyalty to a nation is measured by the bonds we forge and the lives we safeguard. The piece becomes a universal appeal to resist hatred by recognizing the other as a neighbor, even in the darkest times.
- Published
- 1943
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 48-64
- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
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- Brief an eine Geisel
- Carta a um refém
- Carta a un rehén
- Letter to a Hostage
- Lettera a un ostaggio
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