Le Petit Prince (French)

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943): "Le Petit Prince" Jeg liker ikke den av forfatterens...more

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943): "Le Petit Prince" Jeg liker ikke den av forfatterens presumpsjoner at vi liksom ikke straks skal forstÃ¥ at det naturligvis er en slange som har spist en elefant? Det kan da ethvert barn se.   hide

ya know, i'm not sold on this one. the style is definitely interesting, and some important...more

ya know, i'm not sold on this one. the style is definitely interesting, and some important philosophical questions are brought up, and it is a classic, but that does not a brilliant work make. it's a philosophical primer. it touches upon a smattering of questions and half-heartedly attempts to answer them. however, i do give props to the ending, which is quite bold and, unlike the rest of the book, leaves the reader with some sort of feeling.   hide

I've loved it in the original French, as well as English, even though it's a "children's book"....more

I've loved it in the original French, as well as English, even though it's a "children's book". Some would debate the target audience, but I'm not sure that it matters because Le Petit Prince can be read to or by a child and then reread as an adult without losing anything. Upon rereading it, you only gain a deeper understanding and respect for it's elegant simplicity. I don't know what better recommendation to give a book other than that it always improves upon review.    hide

Mais quel livre! Mon ami me l'a prêté pour que je puisse le lire, et il m'a dit qu'il...more

Mais quel livre! Mon ami me l'a prêté pour que je puisse le lire, et il m'a dit qu'il l'apportait partout où il allait... et là je comprends pourquoi! C'est un livre qui simplifie la vie jusqu'à son élément le plus fragile, qui rend humble le plus arrogant des intellectuels, mais qui instruit les naîfs au sujet de la nature humaine qui nous entoure de jour en jour! C'est très délicatement écrit, pour jeune comme pour adulte. C'est un livre, aussi, qui vaudra la peine relire au courant de la vie, lorsque celle-ci se complique trop; l'argent, l'amour, le travail, les études... Bravo!   hide

this has to be one of my favourite books of all time. it is a children's book that speaks to...more

this has to be one of my favourite books of all time. it is a children's book that speaks to adults in a way that they cannot appreciate without recapturing their childhood, and in that sense it is a call to return to the innocence and purity of being a child once again. the little prince teaches us invaluable lessons about the true nature of "agape" or selfless love through the untainted eyes of a child. seeing through one after another adult vice, he teaches - by example - how to live innocence as only the young can experience it.    hide