“Stealing the Night” review After the confessional literature, the reference to Saint-Exupéry

Yesterday we passed the peak of confessional literature. “Visceral” would be a more appropriate adjective; but we live among the susceptible, and even more so are the defenders of the experience conveyed on the page, without care or study. Know that Roman Petri has built Steal the night around the figure of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry a little reassuring. While not counting us among the fans of the “Little Prince”, with annexes and connected. The fox to tame, the vain rose, the sheep that could eat it, the cloak with red cuffs and lining, the small sword, the heart that sees right and the essential that is invisible to the eye. The test on page 69, suggested by Marshall McLuhan to understand how a novel is made – without being deceived by its implications – finds Saint-Exupéry quite excited. He got an appointment with the director of the most important postal line in France. “Lord, I especially want to fly. I could leave this very evening”, he says, recalling Charles Lindbergh, who had crashed his mail plane in a field in Illinois, remaining unharmed (he was before the transatlantic flight, and before his son was kidnapped).