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The Little Prince: An Authorized Graphic Novel: Adapted from the Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Hardcover

De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine; Sfar, Joann

 
9781914224461: The Little Prince: An Authorized Graphic Novel: Adapted from the Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Synopsis

Authorized by the Saint-Exupéry Estate, this is a beautiful graphic adaptation of the beloved worldwide classic The Little Prince by award-winning graphic novelist Joann Sfar

Meet the original Boy Who Fell to Earth. Stranded in the Sahara Desert, an aircraft pilot meets a strange little boy who tells him of his journey from another world.

The Little Prince, by the French writer, illustrator, and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was written and published during the Second World War to immediate acclaim, and its classic status has been embraced ever since. Whether as a children’s fairy tale or an existentialist fable, religious parable or political allegory, the “secret treasure” of its complex simplicity has only unfolded further truths over the years, like the petals of the precious flower of friendship it celebrates.

Vividly realized here, for yet another new generation, by the award-winning graphic novelist Joann Sfar, this stunning adaptation confirms its wisdom of ages: that life (and love) can be hard; that “grown-ups are very strange”; and that our precious planet is intrinsic with our universal nature.

Saint-Exupéry’s aircraft disappeared in the wartime skies over the Mediterranean in July 1944, and his death has remained a mystery ever since. “The only reason to speak in riddles,” he wrote in his prophetic masterpiece, “is to solve them.”

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About the Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) was a French writer, poet, journalist, and pioneering aviator whose works have inspired generations of readers around the world. Best known for The Little Prince, first published in 1943, he combined his love of flight with a deep interest in humanity, imagination, friendship, and the search for meaning. Translated into hundreds of languages and dialects, The Little Prince remains one of the most beloved and widely read books ever published. Saint-Exupéry's original watercolor illustrations have become as iconic as the story itself, helping to secure his place as one of the most influential literary figures of the twentieth century.

Joann Sfar was born in Nice in 1971. After gaining a degree in philosophy and enrolling at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, he attended the Nawak workshop, where he met such artists as Lewis Trondheim, Emmanuel Guibert, and Christophe Blain. He published his first graphic novel in 1994, and has since produced over 130 titles, including Petit Vampire (Little Vampire), Le Chat du Rabbin (The Rabbi’s Cat), Donjon (Dungeon), and Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). His creative energy has also taken him to other media―to literature, radio drama, painting, and film, notably with Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and the animated adaptations of his Chat du Rabbin and Petit Vampire.

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