Citadel
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in existentialist philosophy and the meaning of life
- Dedicated fans of Saint-Exupéry who wish to go beyond The Little Prince and understand the full scope of his thought
- Readers who enjoy aphoristic, meditative writing
- Young people who feel lost at some stage of life and seek spiritual guidance
Not a good fit for
- Readers of novels expecting a coherent plot and well-defined characters
- Those seeking light entertainment or a quick read
Reading tips
- Read in a quiet setting, in sections, focusing on one chapter or theme at a time
- Keep a notebook handy to record sentences and thoughts that resonate
- Approach the book after reading The Little Prince, and you will find many echoes and deepenings of its ideas
About the publisher
People's Literature Publishing House publishes across classical literature, foreign literature, documentary writing and folk literature, with 492 titles in its catalogue. Representative books range from the Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms to Lao She's Teahouse and Longxu Ditch in the Selected Works of Lao She, as well as translated foreign literature such as Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, Dante's Divine Comedy and Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, alongside documentary and fictional works including Primo Levi's If This Is a Man and João Guimarães Rosa's The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. Its authors include Chinese writers such as Lao She, translators such as Shen Emeri and Li Wenjun, and foreign authors such as James Wood. Overall, the house has a strong record in editing classic works and translating foreign literature, with a publishing character that bridges Chinese and foreign writing and values textual quality.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 译序 逆风而飞的一生
- 要塞
- 001 怜悯的错用与死亡的完美
- 002 要塞，我要把你建造在人的心坎里
- 003 时间不是消耗我们，是完成我们
- 004 要塞像时间海洋中浮沉的船只
- 005 坚定地撑起海的肩膀
- 006 用生命去交换比生命更长久的东西
- 007 在沙漠中扎下三角营地
- 008 沦为洗衣妇的公主依然雍容华贵
- 009 创造中也包括跳错的舞步
- 010 树——星星与我们的交流之路
- 011 关在营房里的三千名柏柏尔难民
- 012 游吟诗人唱的故事
- 015 总督与将军都有自己的道理
- 016 雪松是土壤的完美状态
- 018 谁蜕变都只是坟地与遗憾
- 019 圣地存在于人的心灵
- 020 岩石露出狰狞的怒容
- 021 城池是扑向大地的突击
- 022 树就是秩序
- 029 爱泉水的歌声而把泉水灌进了瓦罐
- 030 自以为自由的人哪儿都不在
- 031 孩子使石子改变意义
- 032 沙漠中竖起一顶空帐篷
- 035 山的意义也因人而不同
- 037 香粉与花汁液
- 038 感激的虚荣与牺牲的报偿
- 040 说谎的女人哭是因为没有人相信
- 042 思想包含血腥的疯狂
- 044 鸟的游戏与眼泪的温柔
- 045 老年的青春异常安详
- 048 拒绝遗憾，接受现实的存在
- 050 战士知道用情，情人知道用武
- 051 接待朋友的房子怎么也不嫌大
- 053 教训只是临死时才对本人有用
- 055 爱与占有欲不能混为一谈
- 056 不遗憾过去，不梦想未来，注视现在
- 058 友谊是精神大巡游
- 063 艺伎的爱情
- 064 为之而死的东西叫人为之而生
- 066 奉献自己去完成就是祈祷
- 068 妓女甘心自己的命运
- 069 工作让人进入世界
- 070 囚禁的舞姬及其舞蹈的意义
- 073 梦的诞生，黑色花岗岩的沉默
- 074 船使海面生出朵朵浪花
- 075 无穷分歧的统一
- 077 清水与醇酒，两者不可掺和
- 078 创造者不出现在他的创造物中
- 079 幸福是对完美的奖励
- 082 知道上哪儿去睡
- 083 缺了神圣纽结，也都什么都缺
- 095 钻石是地球内部的星星，不可分割
- 096 职责与游戏
- 097 死的树枝与树的死
- 098 拒绝遗憾，拒绝做梦
- 104 鼓的声音是从哪里来的
- 108 对睡着的哨兵处以拯救性的死刑
- 109 我喜欢的青春面孔会受衰老的威胁
- 110 所有的人都是可以征服的
- 113 不值分文的假养料
- 115 成堆花朵才提炼出点滴香料
- 117 压着水库的水，会忘记哪一条缝隙
- 120 体会饥饿与培养欲望
- 121 监狱比修道院更能传播信仰
- 124 孤独的祈祷祈祷孤独结束
- 126 我的岁月对我已成为回忆
- 128 牺牲的高贵与自杀的庸俗
- 131 零星石头的沙漠
- 133 创造即是修改
- 135 与敌人争夺阳光的树长得最高最直
- 142 苛求是为了面目长久
- 153 仪式是为了弥补裂痕，接受遗产
- 156 没有鸟的天空，埃尔克苏尔的井
- 157 我要造城墙的人自己拆城墙
- 162 休息在死亡的唯一永久和平中
- 168 朋友与敌人只是你杜撰的字眼
- 181 麦粒长上翅膀随风飞舞
- 185 国王要他献上玫瑰花
- 186 燧石与荆棘已有玉体的幽香
- 193 口渴颠沛的遗憾也胜过把井忘怀
- 199 我给你喂的是燧石，饮的是荆棘
- 205 黑色地砖，金色地砖，我不再属于这块乡土
- 211 我把远处这个沙丘当作舒适的驿站
- 219 今天早晨，我修剪了我的玫瑰树
- 圣埃克苏佩里年表
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About the author
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) was a French writer and pilot born in Lyon. Writing from a pilot's perspective, he explored adventure, solitude and human nature. His major works include The Little Prince, Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars. His books are globally popular and are commonly classified as foreign literature, inspirational growth and classic works. In July 1944, he disappeared while on a reconnaissance mission and was later honored at the Panthéon. His prose is concise and philosophical, often blending the solitude of high-altitude flight with questions about humanity and the world. The Little Prince, an allegorical tale of love, responsibility and parting, has been widely read; Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars draw on flight to present courage, nature and the human condition. Public information is limited, so his biography should not be overextended; his influence is best understood through his themes and style.
Ma Zhencheng is an important Chinese translator of French literature and an essayist. Publicly available information about his life is limited, and his contribution lies mainly in long-term, systematic translation and introduction. The collection contains 28 of his works, most notably the three-volume Complete Essays of Montaigne, along with Gide's Strait Is the Gate and Saint-Exupéry's Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars. His choices lean toward French prose and fiction, balancing classic status with intellectual depth, and his translations are careful and fluent, seeking to preserve the original tone and philosophical layers. These versions make Montaigne's essays, Gide's moral trilogy and the literature of flight more accessible to Chinese readers, linking different periods of French literature through a consistent translating voice and helping readers understand the French humanist tradition.
