The Little Prince
Autor Antoine De Saint-Exuperyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 ian 2023
Ritmul acestei povești este unul contemplativ, construit pe dialoguri pline de miez și pe o succesiune de întâlniri care suspendă timpul. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care The Little Prince reușește să transforme un accident aviatic în Sahara într-un spațiu al regăsirii de sine. Prin ochii micului vizitator de pe asteroidul B-612, lumea „oamenilor mari” este dezbrăcată de importanța ei autoimpusă, dezvăluind absurditățile vieții cotidiene. Reținem că această ediție de la WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD păstrează ilustrațiile delicate în acuarelă ale autorului, elemente esențiale care ghidează imaginația cititorului prin universul simbolic al trandafirului și al vulpii. Putem afirma că textul funcționează ca o punte între realitatea brută a naturii și libertatea absolută a fanteziei, unde „esențialul este invizibil pentru ochi”. Copiii care au iubit The Little Prince Deluxe Pop-Up Book vor găsi aici aceeași magie a fragilității umane într-un context nou, cel al textului integral, care permite o reflecție mai profundă asupra loialității și a iubirii. Această operă centrală a lui Antoine De Saint-Exupery a inspirat și proiecte interactive precum The Little Prince Jigsaw Book, însă romanul rămâne sursa pură a filozofiei sale umaniste, oferind o experiență de lectură care crește odată cu vârsta cititorului.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 811900714X
Pagini: 128
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Repro India Limited
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Review for „The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: It’s one of the most well-known and loved novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The story begins with the author’s opinions about childhood, art and the seriousness of an adult. While repairing his plane which crashed on the desert, the Aviator meets a little boy with hair as gold as wheat by the name of the Little Prince. The plot mostly tells the story of the main character’s journey to Earth. Although it has a sad ending, the reader can arrive at the conclusion that only after the ones we love left us do we realize how much we miss them. Along the story, we encounter childhood versus adulthood, creativity versus logic, virtues versus sins, freedom versus restrictions and inhibitions and kindness versus strictness. The Little Prince is the symbol of childhood, creativity, also of logical thinking after the way he replied to each of the characters he met during his journey to Earth. A clear example of cleverness and even wisdom is the discussion between the little boy and the Businessman. It is also proof that some kids see things more clearly than the adults whose lives are full of worries, responsibilities and problems which don’t allow them to do that anymore. Innocence, the desire to discover the world and everything around us, naivety are things which each of us experience from early childhood and in some cases even when we grow up. The Little Prince can also be associated with the image of an angel through his kindness, simplicity and purity of the soul which warms even the most serious of men. Just like every child his age, the little boy is bubbly, sometimes persisting, curious, he gets bored quickly and the fact that he doesn’t understand grown-ups makes him consider them strange. What makes him different from normal children are his consideration, wits and his unconditional love which make him bear the Rose’s whims and criticism. His presence makes the Aviator understand what is more important in the world and his determination gives him the hope and strength he needs to overcome the obstacles in the desert and find the well. The Aviator represents the portrait of the adults who are mostly: stern, serious, too busy with work and everyday chores to care for their peers and enjoy the little things in life. The image of the meeting between the Little Prince and the Aviator can be associated with the biblical scenes in which the meeting between men and angels, saints, Jesus or God Himself is included. Along the plot of the story, the reader will discover animals with symbolic meanings like the sheep drawn by the Aviator – purity, but also a dangerous animal since the Little Prince fears that she may eat his Rose; the elephant which is said to have a good memory, the migrating birds which can be considered as messengers to the Heavens above, but who are also making the connection between Heaven and men’s world, the fox – slyness, but in the story she is the symbol of friendship and last but not least, the snake which is the symbol of evil and death. Nature is presented as both beneficial and destructive at the same time. The stars are the angels, the main character’s home (Asteroid B612) can be a representation of paradise. The passing of time is beautifully presented thought the simple flowers while the sunset means the end of a day and the beginning of a new one. The Rose from the Little Prince’s planet can be associated with uniqueness, stylishness, gentleness, vanity, snobbery, hubris, whims, even with Andromeda’s mother, queen Cassiopeia because of the pride they both share. The rose, a flower which is often present in literature is the symbol of love and beauty that protects itself with spines. Sins are also present in Saint-Exupéry’s novella and they are the following: possessiveness, thirst for power, vanity (the Conceited Man), drunkenness (the Drunkard), greed and avarice (the Businessman), fear, asceticism and lie (the Lamp Lighter and Geographer). The Little Prince’s mission is to find out information about his Rose and here we find two of the most important themes, exploration and learning. Simple things like gardening and admiring the environment are presented as the real treasures. „Here’s my secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye” (Chapter XXI), the Fox’s advice is one of the memorable quotes from the whole story from which not only that we learn a valuable life lesson, but it’s also an example of divine wisdom. The scene of the Little Prince’s arrival on Earth can be associated with one of the scenes from Neil Gaimen’s „Stardust” since there are characters who came from outer space. The little boy is a shooting star. Through his literary work, author Antoine Saint-Exupéry reflects on a few things that we all have to ask ourselves if it’s worth putting in extra effort to and wasting our time with. He also encourages us to let our inner child out to the surface from time to time. In my opinion, „The Little Prince” is a heart-warming, educational and exciting story which will captivate its readers from the first page. I highly recommend this work of art to readers of all ages.
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Recomandăm această carte părinților care doresc să cultive empatia și gândirea critică a copiilor de peste 7 ani. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă unică asupra priorităților vieții, învățând că responsabilitatea față de cei dragi („îmblânzirea”) este cea care dă valoare timpului nostru. Este o lectură fundamentală pentru a înțelege că maturitatea nu trebuie să însemne pierderea inocenței sau a curiozității.
Despre autor
Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900–1944) a fost un aristocrat, scriitor și aviator francez, a cărui viață a fost marcată de pasiunea pentru zbor și explorarea condiției umane. Experiențele sale ca pilot de cursă lungă în Africa și America de Sud au servit drept fundament pentru proza sa, adesea încărcată de reflecții filozofice. A dispărut în mod misterios în timpul unei misiuni de recunoaștere deasupra Mediteranei în 1944, la scurt timp după publicarea capodoperei sale, lăsând în urmă o moștenire literară centrată pe valorile prieteniei și ale datoriei morale.
Descriere scurtă
A pilot crashes in the desert, and a boy from the stars asks him to draw a sheep.
A NEW TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL MORPURGO, AUTHOR OF WAR HORSE
The pilot is alone in the Sahara Desert, trying to mend his broken aircraft, when a small golden-haired boy appears beside him with an extraordinary request.
He is the Little Prince. He has come from a tiny planet among the stars, where he once tended three volcanoes and cared for a rose who was proud, delicate and difficult to understand. Since leaving her behind, he has travelled from world to world, meeting kings, businessmen, lamplighters, geographers and other peculiar grown-ups, before arriving on Earth.
There he meets a fox, who teaches him that love is made through patience, attention and responsibility, and that the most important things are not always visible.
In Michael Morpurgo's new translation, The Little Prince remains a classic philosophical fable for children and adults: a story about friendship, imagination, loneliness and the ties that make one person, one flower or one star matter more than all the others.
Descriere
The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of the book’s brevity. Written and published first by Antoine de St-Exupéry in 1943, only a year before his plane disappeared on a reconnaissance flight, it is one of the world’s most widely translated books, enjoyed by adults and children alike. In the meeting of the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara desert, and the little prince, who has dropped there through time and space from his tiny asteroid, comes an intersection of two worlds, the one governed by the laws of nature, and the other determined only by the limits of imagination. The world of the imagination wins hands down, with the concerns of the adult world often shown to be lamentably silly as seen through the eyes of the little prince. While adult readers can find deep meanings in his various encounters, they can also be charmed back to childhood by this wise but innocent infant.
This popular translation contains the author’s own delightful illustrations, bringing to visual life the small being at the tale’s heart, and a world of fantasy far removed from any quotidian reality. It is also a sort of love story, in which two frail beings, the downed pilot and the wandering infant-prince who has left behind all he knows, share their short time together isolated from humanity and finding sustenance in each other. This is a book which creates a unique relationship with each reader, whether child or adult.
Notă biografică
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry was born on 29 June 1900 in Lyon, France. He first flew in a plane when he was twelve years old, an experience which ignited a life-long love of aviation and adventure. After serving in the French air force, Saint-Exupéry joined a pioneering aviation company and helped to establish the first airmail routes over north Africa and South America, surviving numerous accidents and gaining the Légion d'honneur for his service. His experiences inspired several books, including Night Flight (1931), and Wind, Sand and Stars (1939), which were awarded France's highest literary awards. He wrote The Little Prince during a sojourn in the US, where it was first published in 1943, before he returned to France to fly military reconnaissance missions. On 31 July 1944, Saint-Exupéry took off from an air base in Corsica, but never returned. His disappearance remained the subject of speculation until 1998, when his identity bracelet was recovered from the sea off the coast of Marseille.
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved children's authors. He was born in 1943 in St Albans and published his first book in 1975. Since then he has written over one hundred books, which have been translated into over twenty languages, and adapted for film and the stage, including the National Theatre's hit production of War Horse. His books have won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Book Prize, the Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book Award as well as many others. Michael was Children's Laureate from 2003-2005, and was awarded an OBE in 2006.