Le Petit Prince (French Edition) Paperback Large Print Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Title: Le Petit Prince (French Edition)  

Edition: French Edition, Paperback – Large Print, October 17, 2014

Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Alba Longa  

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication date: October 17, 2014

Language: French

Print length: 96 pages

ISBN-10: 1502878267

ISBN-13: 978-1502878267

I first met The Little Prince in a college French class and my love for him has continued to grow for almost half a century since. For "les enfants" who meet him, he's wonderful, but grown ups need to remember that what is most important is invisible to the eye so grow and age with our mutual friend. My husband and I take our friend with us on every trip, reading a chapter aloud together, noting where we are when we read. We finish and then begin again for voyages with The Little Prince are never the same. We also collect a version of the book in the language of different countries we visit. I could add many meaningful encounters with him, but one he gave me will always speak to my heart. Thirty years ago when my dear sister was far from me and in the final weeks of her battle with cancer, I would read it aloud to her over the phone -- once again just a chapter or two each time. As we neared the end and the Little Prince gave that wonderful gift of a star to the pilot, she stopped me and said "You know, from my bed I can't see the stars tonight, but I can see the moon. So tonight I want to give you a gift.. I'm going to give you the moon. Now every time you see it you'll know that we are connected and although at first you may be sad, eventually you will smile and my read wish is that you will begin to look up at the moon and laugh because you'll know we are joined together -- and people around you may look at you funny and ask why you are laughing at the moon -- but you'll just tell them it was a gift from The Little Prince and your big sister.. "Ce qui est important est invisible aux yeux."

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY (1900-1944). Intensément impliqué dans les premières années de l´aviation commerciale, ses romans sont intimement liés à ses expériences en tant que pilote. Employé par la compagnie Latécoère, il s´en chargera du courrier de Toulouse au Sénégal, parcours qui se prolongera jusqu´en Amérique du Sud en 1929. À partir de 1932, il se consacrera à l´écriture et au journalisme, ce qui l´amènera au Vietnam, à Moscou et à l´Espagne de la guerre civile. Pendant la deuxième Guerre Mondiale, il deviendra l´une des voix de la Résistance et à New-York il essaiera de faire entrer les américains dans le conflit. Au printemps 44, il rejoindra une patrouille de reconnaissance basé en Sardaigne, puis en Corse, et le 31 juillet de cette année son avion disparaîtra en mer et ne sera retrouvé qu´en 2000. « Le Petit Prince » (1943) fut écrit à New-York et publié avec ses propres aquarelles. En France sera publié posthumément en 1946, chez Gallimard. Le récit raconte la rencontre entre un aviateur, dont l´avion tombe en panne au bel milieu du désert du Sahara et, pendant qu´il essaie de le réparer, un petit garçon s´approche de lui et lui demande de dessiner un mouton. C´est ainsi que commence un des livres les plus humains et les plus touchants qu´un lecteur peut espérer trouver dans son expérience en tant que tel.

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