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70th Anniversary Edition - Unabridged with large original illustrations, and additional drawings by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (from "Lettres a l'inconnue"). It contains also a short story (postscript) by Wirton Arvel.
One of the most-translated book in the world
It was voted the best book of the 20th century in France
Translated into more than 250 languages and dialects
A poetic tale of loneliness, friendship, love, and loss,
with watercolor illustrations by the author,
in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets
a young alien prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid
The story, though ostensibly styled as a children's book
is philosophical and includes social criticism,
making several observations about life and human nature
and remarking on the strangeness of the adult world.
