The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

96 Seiten

2000
Harcourt Children's Books (Verlag)
978-0-15-202398-0 (ISBN)

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Howard's new translation of the beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupery's unique and gifted style. Full color.

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's translation of the beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupery's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of our time, has excelled in bringing the English text as close as possible to the French, in language, style, and most important, spirit. The artwork in this edition has been restored to match in detail and in color Saint-Exupery's original artwork. Combining Richard Howard's translation with restored original art, this definitive English-language edition of The Little Prince will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.

This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Stories).

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY, the Winged Poet, was born in Lyon, France, in 1900. A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His writings include The Little Prince, Wind, Sand and Stars, Night Flight, Southern Mail, and Airman's Odyssey. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. Richard Howard is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Untitled Subjects, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970, and Trappings. He is the translator of more than 150 works from the French and lives in New York City.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2000
Reihe/Serie	Little Prince
Illustrationen	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Boston
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Bilderbücher
ISBN-10	0-15-202398-4 / 0152023984
ISBN-13	978-0-15-202398-0 / 9780152023980
Zustand	Neuware