After France’s defeat in 1940 (and its armistice with Germany), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his wife fled occupied France, and sojourned in North America, where he became one of the expatriate voices of the French Resistance. Its earlier memoir, recounted his aviation experiences in the desert of Sahara, the same experiences in this novella. In July 1944, Saint-Exupéry’s aircraft disappeared over the Mediterranean. “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Published in 1943, The Little Prince is a novella (the most famous work of the French writer, poet, and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), and it is in the world the fourth most-translated book. The novella (a poetic tale, with watercolour illustrations by the author, features a lot of fantastical, unrealistic elements), has always been adapted to numerous art forms. The narrator explains that, as a young boy, he once drew a picture of a strange boa constrictor, with an elephant digesting in its stomach. Over the course of eight days, stranded in the desert (as the narrator attempts to repair his plane), where the little prince recounts the story of his life. “All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it.” http://www.amazon.com/Little-Prince-Antoine-Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry/dp/0156012197?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
