EAN: 9788932917245
ISBN: 978-89-329-1724-5 // ISBN: 9788932917245
Year of publication: 2022
Publisher: Open Books
Number of pages: 132
Language: Korean
Country of origin: Korea
Korean version of The Little Prince (어린 왕자) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
This beautiful work was translated by Hwang Hyun-san. He wrote an epilogue for adults at the end of the volume. This commentary is also sincere and charming. I would like to convey the atmosphere of the book by sharing part of it. "The realisation that the world is not full of love, but is a desert where love is demanded, and that this love must be carefully cultivated over a long period of time, was the gain he obtained at the cost of his innocence after a long journey. He had travelled to Earth clinging to flocks of migratory birds moving between the stars, but for him, who already knew the ins and outs of the world, this uncertain and bucolic means of transport was no longer possible. He decided to let himself be bitten by the snake. This radical method of returning home is as safe and effective as it is analytical...".
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