Book description
Peter SĂs's remarkable biography The Pilot and the Little Prince celebrates the author of The Little Prince, one of the most beloved books in the world.
Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. Antoine dreamed of flying and grew up to beâŠ
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Let me start by saying that Peter SĂs is a genius and his books are like no one elseâs. This story about Antoine Saint-ExupĂ©ry, the author of the beloved classic, The Little Prince, is original in every possible way. Maps and mountains are transformed into creatures smiling at each other. In a scene describing the German invasion of France in 1940, his careful tiny crosshatching gives way to loose watercolor, red paint that spreads across the page like fire or blood. At the end, where Saint-ExupĂ©ry dreams of the Little Prince, is a stunning double-page spread with no words,âŠ
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