I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune,
sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs,
and gleams…
A young aviator crashes his plane in the middle of the Sahara Desert. In the
isolation of the blistering sand dunes, he meets a strange little boy – the
little prince. Over the next ten days, as the aviator tries to fix his plane
on a fast depleting store of food and water, he also gradually learns the
little prince?۪s extraordinary story. The little prince talks of his own tiny
planet, his beloved rose, the serious threat of baobabs, and of his travels
to different planets. As the sad experiences of the little prince?۪s life are
unfurled, so grows the affection for him in the aviator?۪s heart.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery?۪s classic text has enthralled its readers, adults and
children alike, over decades. The story is reflective of notions of loyalty,
friendship, love and hope, easy but intense. The little prince?۪s simplicity
throws the futility of endless human desires into a sharp relief, making it as
profound as it is poetic.