El Principito / The Little Prince
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Autor:
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Country:
Spain (ES)
Book Theme:
Evergreen children’s book (8-12 years)
Publisher:
Salamandra
Publishing Year:
2008
Born in Lyon into an aristocratic family. In 1920, he did his military service in the Air Force and from then on, aviation became his great passion. He began his career as a pilot with the Latécoère company. He was assigned to Cape Juby, where he wrote his first novel, Courier du Sud. From Africa he moves to South America and finishes Night Flight. In 1935 he worked as a correspondent for the newspapers Intransigeant and Paris. In World War II, he fights as a reconnaissance pilot and then settles in New York where he writes War Pilot and The Little Prince. He returned to active service in North Africa where he wrote a work of philosophical and political reflections “Citadel”. On July 31, 1944, he took off from an airfield in Corsica to carry out a mission from which he would never return.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
It is a philosophical tale about the relationship of human beings to each other and to the world, with many reflections on friendship, love, responsibility and the meaning of life.
It tells the story of a pilot who, while trying to repair his broken plane in the middle of the Sahara desert, encounters a little prince from the asteroid B 612.
The pilot discovers the exciting story of the little prince, which begins on his asteroid with three volcanoes, where he lived alone and spent his time pulling weeds and watching sunsets. One day a splendid rose is born, the little prince takes care of it and tends it with dedication, but the flower is dramatic and capricious, and this bothers him. So he decides to leave his home and set off on a journey through the universe in search of a friend.
In this adventure, which will take him to visit several asteroids until he reaches Earth, he will meet a varied group of characters who will convince him of how strange the world of adults is, always so busy with serious and important matters that they forget to enjoy life.
On Earth, he will come into contact with animals, flowers and people. It will be there where, before meeting the pilot, he will meet the fox, who will reveal to him the importance of friendship and the value of the love he feels for his flower. It will be his nostalgia for her and the disappointment caused by the adult world that will motivate him to return to his planet.
