Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The final, deeply-felt summing-up of the author's experience and his philosophy of life. Choosing a desert prince as his protagonist and narrator, he presents the timeless problems of humanity against the austere background of the wilderness. The book abounds in vivid pictures of desert life, forays and sandstorms, …

De kleine prins, is een poëtisch verhaal van de hand van schrijver en piloot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, gepubliceerd in 1943. De illustraties, van de hand van de auteur zelf, zijn minstens zo bekend geworden als het boek zelf. De Saint-Exupéry schreef dit moderne sprookje toen hij in een hotel in New York verbleef. Het …

Under the pressure of his boss, the intransigent Riviere, the airmail pilot Fabien attempts a perilous flight during a heavy night-time thunderstorm in Argentina. As conditions get worse and the radio communication with Fabien becomes increasingly difficult, Riviere begins to question his uncompromising methods, and …