The Little Prince
Registered by GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 11/30/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I found this good-condition softcover, inscribed to a previous owner (circa 1989!), in the Little Free Library on the Heritage rail-trail in Nashua, while dropping off some books of my own.
I first read The Little Prince in my grandmother's house in Louisiana, over 40 years ago - and if anything this odd, bittersweet, sometimes disturbing fable is even better now - still made me smile, still made me cry... (Of the many screen adaptations, the most memorable for me is the 1974 live-action musical version; it does have its flaws, but Gene Wilder's poignant turn as the fox was wonderful.)
Something I didn't know when I first read the book so long ago: within a year of the publication of "The Little Prince," Saint-Exupéry's plane vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance flight. Seems appropriate, somehow, that he would just disappear.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the book and some of its adaptations, with some entertaining tidbits.]
I first read The Little Prince in my grandmother's house in Louisiana, over 40 years ago - and if anything this odd, bittersweet, sometimes disturbing fable is even better now - still made me smile, still made me cry... (Of the many screen adaptations, the most memorable for me is the 1974 live-action musical version; it does have its flaws, but Gene Wilder's poignant turn as the fox was wonderful.)
Something I didn't know when I first read the book so long ago: within a year of the publication of "The Little Prince," Saint-Exupéry's plane vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance flight. Seems appropriate, somehow, that he would just disappear.
[There's a TV Tropes page on the book and some of its adaptations, with some entertaining tidbits.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, 607 Chestnut St in Manchester, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, November 30, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (11/30/2017 UTC) at Little Free Library, 607 Chestnut St in Manchester, New Hampshire USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library; hope someone enjoys it!
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*** Released for the 2017 Movie release challenge. ***
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2017 The The release challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2017 Movie release challenge. ***