Saint-Exupéry's reports on Moscow are unique due to their historical interest and the author's perspective, whose irony and fine sensitivity make them masterful.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), as the author of The Little Prince, needs no introduction. But perhaps some of his facets do need it, since the very popularity of the short poetic-philosophical novel has eclipsed other aspects of the author, almost becoming exclusively remembered for this work.

Saint-Exupéry wrote profound and reflective novels and memoirs, such as Correo del sur (1929), Vuelo nocturno (1931) or Tierra de hombres (1939), where his personal experiences, particularly those derived from his activity as a pilot, which provided him with long hours of solitude and intense experiences are rich in humanist thought due to the universal themes that the writer addresses.

In 1935 Paris-Soir proposed to Saint-Exupéry that he travel to the USSR to carry out a report on the country, still enigmatic for the rest of Europe, since at that time it was putting into practice a revolutionary social policy and organization, which was attractive to a large number of left-wing French intellectuals. Antoine left enthusiastically, as he was one of those who felt a special interest in the country.

Once in Moscow, open to everything that was happening around him and with an initially favorable attitude, he wrote six stories full of humanity. Some texts that go beyond journalistic reporting and that thanks to the penetrating vision of the writer transmit not only the facts, but also what is hidden behind them, and where between the lines you can read a subtle criticism of Stalinism, as well as a keen analysis of human motivations. From A. de Saint-Exupéry in this editorial