The Little Prince & Letter to a Hostage

This edition pairs the famous fable The Little Prince with Letter to a Hostage, a short piece Saint-Exupéry wrote in 1943 for a friend living under occupation in France. The fable tells of a pilot in the desert and the strange child he meets, who speaks of love, friendship and the way adults lose sight of what counts. The letter is a warm, direct appeal to friendship and shared humanity in a time of war and division. Together the two texts show the tender, hopeful side of the author's late writing.