书目

Little Prince

内容简介

FewstoriesareaswidelyreadandasuniversallycherishedbychildrenandadultsalikeasTheLittlePrince.RichardHoward'stranslationofthebelovedclassicbeautifullyreflectsSaint-Exupéry'suniqueandgiftedstyle.Howard,anacclaimedpoetandoneofthepreeminenttranslatorsofourtime,hasexcelledinbringingtheEnglishtextascloseaspossibletotheFrench,inlanguage,style,andmostimportant,spirit.TheartworkinthiseditionhasbeenrestoredtomatchindetailandincolorSaint-Exupéry'soriginalartwork.CombiningRichardHoward'stranslationwithrestoredoriginalart,thisdefinitiveEnglish-languageeditionofTheLittlePrincewillcapturetheheartsofreadersofallages.ThistitlehasbeenselectedasaCommonCoreTextExemplar(Grades4-5,Stories).

作者简介

AntoinedeSaint-Exupery(1900-1944)wasborninLyons,France.AyearafterthepublicationofTheLittlePrince,Saint-ExuperydisappearedovertheMediterraneanwhileflyingareconnaissancemissionforhisFrenchairsquadron.BestknownthroughouttheworldastheauthorandillustratorofTheLittlePrince,Saint-Exuperywroteseveralotherbooksthatalsohavebecomeclassicsofworldliterature.Thetranslator,RichardHoward,istheauthorofelevenbooksofpoetry,includingUntitledSubjects,whichwonthePulitzerPrizein1970,andmostrecently,Trappings.Heisthetranslatorofmorethan150worksfromtheFrench,includingTheCharterhouseofParma.In1984hereceivedtheAmericanBookAwardforhistranslationofCharlesBaudelaire'sLesFleursduMal.Mr.HowardlivesinNewYorkCity.

丛书

The Little Prince

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