Polish literary critic and critic Anna Bukovskaya explores in her book the origins of the philosophy of Saint-Exupery's work, their connection with modernity. The book of A. Bukovskaya is journalistic. It deals with the difficult fate of a Western intellectual, the same age as the 20th century, a humanist writer, whose works are read with unrelenting interest, because they are filled with faith in man and his great calling - to establish peace and justice on the "planet of people." The book is of interest to a wide range of readers.