A few days ago, looking at the flaps of my books, I discovered some that were marked with the date I started reading them, including the flight. Moving by air, as well as by bus, train or boat, always allows us to better control the time and, with it, some ideal books to consume during a trip to Bangkok, Cuba or South Africa. Proof of this are these 5 short books to read on a long flight that allow you to travel while. . . yes, you travel. Isn't it cool?
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Salamandra edition pages: 95.
One of the Most profitable and famous short books ever tells a story as timeless as it is compatible with all ages: that of the blond boy who grew up on asteroid B 612 and who was forced to emigrate due to the abuse of the volcanoes and baobabs that grew in his home. A philosophical journey in which foxes, geographers, boas and a pilot from the Sahara who happened to be Saint-Exupéry himself Through which it is one of the most appropriate books to read on a plane, taking into account its few pages or phrases such as "I think that, for his escape, he took advantage of a migration of wild birds." Marvelous.
We should all be feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Penguin Random House Edition Pages: 64.
If there is any reader who seeks the definition of feminism in the XNUMXst century, the essay by Nigerian Ngozi Adichie, one of the great contemporary voices from Africa, Is the best option. Published from a lecture given by the author in the famous TEDx TalkWe should all be feminists analyzes the keys to this movement in a millennium in which the world, and especially third world countries, still resist equality. Essential and very short, even for a domestic flight
The Sunset Limited, by Cormac McCarthy
Penguin Random House Edition Pages: 94.
Conceived by McCormack as a play, The Sunset Limited is an entertaining book whose composition based on a single dialogue makes reading it an even more agile exercise. The story is set between two unique protagonists: a successful white man seeking suicide and the saving black man, an ex-junkie with a renewed faith. Wonderful book to understand this world of contrasts and, perhaps, a West plunged into its worst spiritual crisis. One of the best short books to read on board
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
Pages from the school edition of Penguin Random House: 200 (of which 136 belong to the novel).
I remember reading this book (large print, by the way) on a round trip to Morocco, so it should be a read more than compatible with a simple one-way of, say, 6 hours. The old man and the sea is one of the most famous and short stories of the writer who once sat on the Cuban Playa Pilar to write the story of a fisherman who sailed to the depths of the Gulf of Mexico to catch the largest fish in the Caribbean. . Essential.
Juan Salvador Gaviota, by Richard Bach
Zeta paperback pages: 112.
The thing is about flying, being brief and inspiring, three necessary factors when we are preparing to travel to a new destination. If we add to this the story of this seagull who found a new way of experiencing an innate pleasure in flight, comparisons with travel as a form of liberation are more than timely. A short classic among the university circles of the 70s to vindicate in these times.
These 5 short books to read on a long flight Not only can they be eaten in a single journey, but they can also provide us with interesting reflections related to the art of traveling itself.
What other short books do you recommend for our next getaway?
Good compilation. We will share it now that summer and holidays are coming.
I liked Sunset Limited. By the way, it's from Cormac McCarthy, not Cormack
4 books, there is one that is dung