The Little Prince - Hardcover

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine; Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1607963183 ISBN 13: 9781607963189

Publisher: BN Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy.

The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Burgess is the author of many works, including The Long Day Wanes, The Wanting Seed, The Doctor Is Sick, Nothing Like the Sun, Honey for the Bears, and Re Joyce.

For decades, Louis Jourdan has enchanted moviegoers with his beguiling Gallic charm. Among the movies he has starred in are such perennial favorites as Gigi and The Count of Monte Cristo.

From AudioFile:

This classic fantasy is told as the recollection of a pilot whose plane crashed in the desert. He was surprised, he tells listeners, then exasperated, then enthralled by the mysterious little prince who arrived to keep him company and persistently requested his help. Humphrey Bower's crisp British accent describes the magical and unlikely friendship between the pilot who was struggling to survive and the boy who was trying to return to his tiny home planet. The pace is measured, and the tone grows more melancholy as the narrator resigns himself to the loss of his extraordinary companion. There are occasional awkward moments when the whimsical drawings so essential to the story are represented by short pauses. For listeners familiar with previous versions, there is a translator's note at the end. R.H.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: BN Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1607963183
• ISBN 13: 9781607963189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 110