Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in
1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the
Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half
century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of
its power. The 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, well, prince,
who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of a
內容簡介：
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by
children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard''s
new translation of the beloved classic-published to commemorate the
100th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry''s birth-beautifully
reflects Saint-Exupéry''s unique and gifted style. Howard, an
acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of our time,
has excelled in bringing the English text as close as possible to
the French, in language, style, and most important, spirit. The
artwork in this new edition has been restored to match in detail
and in color Saint-Exupéry''s original artwork. By combining the new
translation with restored original art, Harcourt is proud to
introduce the definitive English-language edition of
關於作者：
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPRY, the "Winged Poet," was born in Lyon,
France, in 1900. He took his first flight at the age of eleven, and
became a pilot at twenty-six. He was a pioneer of commercial
aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His
writings include The Little Prince, Wind, Sand and Stars, Night
Flight, Southern Mail, and Airman''s Odyssey. In 1944, while serving
with a French air squadron, he disappeared during a flight over the
Mediterranean.
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