{"product_id":"the-little-prince-antoine-de-saint-exupery-9780241508664","title":"The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntoine de Saint-Exupéry's timeless tale, reissued in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e in 1943, only a year before his plane vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. Nearly eighty years later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. \"In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey,\" the narrator recalls. \"Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket.\" And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWriter and aviator \u003cb\u003eAntoine de Saint-Exupéry\u003c\/b\u003e (1900-1944), was born into an aristocratic French family at the turn of the century. Saint-Exupéry was preoccupied with aviation from a young age; a passion which would lead him into the French Air Force. His first two books, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNight Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including \u003ci\u003eWind, Sand and Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlight to Arras\u003c\/i\u003e, stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exupéry's popular children's book \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. In 1944, Saint-Exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.\nWriter and aviator \u003cb\u003eAntoine de Saint-Exupéry\u003c\/b\u003e (1900-1944), was born into an aristocratic French family at the turn of the century. Saint-Exupéry was preoccupied with aviation from a young age; a passion which would lead him into the French Air Force. His first two books, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNight Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including \u003ci\u003eWind, Sand and Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlight to Arras\u003c\/i\u003e, stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exupéry's popular children's book \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. In 1944, Saint-Exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 160 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65804318376285,"sku":"K091896754","price":16.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9189675400001A.jpg?v=1788462031","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-little-prince-antoine-de-saint-exupery-9780241508664","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}