{"product_id":"the-little-prince-deluxe-edition-9780063391123","title":"The Little Prince Deluxe Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn elegant new gift edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's timeless classic, with foil-stamped effects and a paper-over-board case, featuring the author's beautiful illustrations restored to match their original detail and color, and a new foreword by Saint-Exupery's Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, Stacy Schiff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll grown-ups were once children--although few of them remember it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In eighty-four crystalline pages, the Little Prince will learn the meaning of the word 'ephemeral' while--thanks to a wise fox--we will edge just a little closer to glimpsing the eternal.\" -Stacy Schiff, from the introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pilot crashes his plane in the Sahara Desert. There, far away from civilization, he meets The Little Prince, a strange young boy who left his solitary life on a distant asteroid and traveled to the disenchanted adult world. What unfolds is an unforgettable adventure through the night sky, and a timeless meditation on the power of seeing the world with wonder and clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Saint-Exupéry, Antoine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntoine de Saint-Exupéry\u003c\/strong\u003e (1900-1944), born in Lyons, France, is one of the world's best loved and widest read writers. His timeless fable, \u003cem\u003eThe Little Prince, \u003c\/em\u003ehas sold more than 100 million copies and has been translated into nearly every language. His pilot's memoir, \u003cem\u003e Wind, Sand and Stars, \u003c\/em\u003ewon the National Book Award and was named the #1 adventure book of all time by \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and was ranked #3 on \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e's list of all-time-best exploration books\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHis other books include \u003cem\u003eNight Flight; Southern Mail; \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Airman's Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878378901778,"sku":"9780063391123","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d11f610-0906-4d8b-8f5c-85e77466a135.jpg?v=1757422469","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-little-prince-deluxe-edition-9780063391123","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}