The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0749707232 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0749707232 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Beqi of Daventry, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on 5/13/2008
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Given to me for Bookcrossing purposes!
Amazon.co.uk Review
You could be excused for thinking that this book is one containing a simple story for young children about a Little Prince. How wrong you would be! This is far from the truth: it is much more. It is a complex story containing lots of ambiguities about a child with golden hair. These are all eruditely discussed before the actual story begins, in a section entitled "How It All Began". "Is The Little Prince a story written for children or is it a meditation intended for adults?"
The Art of Living is discussed, along with a system of values, and the train of thought behind them is the unifying element. You are invited to "look at the book, and allow yourself to travel from one image to the next... " It was written and published more than 50 years ago in the USA, and the author was a Frenchman who illustrated the book himself; it was later translated by Kathryn Woods. The Little Prince is still very popular and has now been translated into many languages. Shortly after it was first written, the author died--disappearing together with his plane somewhere over the Mediterranean. This Gift edition contains all the original illustrations, plus some more original drawings that came to light later and have been published here for the first time.--Susan Naylor
Synopsis
This parable tells the story of an air pilot who meets a Little Prince when he has to make a forced landing in the Sahara Desert. The Little Prince tells him wise and enchanted stories.
Amazon.co.uk Review
You could be excused for thinking that this book is one containing a simple story for young children about a Little Prince. How wrong you would be! This is far from the truth: it is much more. It is a complex story containing lots of ambiguities about a child with golden hair. These are all eruditely discussed before the actual story begins, in a section entitled "How It All Began". "Is The Little Prince a story written for children or is it a meditation intended for adults?"
The Art of Living is discussed, along with a system of values, and the train of thought behind them is the unifying element. You are invited to "look at the book, and allow yourself to travel from one image to the next... " It was written and published more than 50 years ago in the USA, and the author was a Frenchman who illustrated the book himself; it was later translated by Kathryn Woods. The Little Prince is still very popular and has now been translated into many languages. Shortly after it was first written, the author died--disappearing together with his plane somewhere over the Mediterranean. This Gift edition contains all the original illustrations, plus some more original drawings that came to light later and have been published here for the first time.--Susan Naylor
Synopsis
This parable tells the story of an air pilot who meets a Little Prince when he has to make a forced landing in the Sahara Desert. The Little Prince tells him wise and enchanted stories.
Journal Entry 2 by Beqi at Forest Cafe in Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 24, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (5/24/2008 UTC) at Forest Cafe in Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire United Kingdom
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Taking to the meet, to pass to either Korky or Retromonkey for the MK libraries thing. It's a brill idea to combine the library service and BC!
Taking to the meet, to pass to either Korky or Retromonkey for the MK libraries thing. It's a brill idea to combine the library service and BC!