“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important...”
Remember how we laughed at this book. Maybe if we had known it was written down the road in Asharoken...
From Newsday:
1942: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Pens “The Little Prince” in Asharoken
In 1942, French novelist, essayist, and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry spent four months in Asharoken, writing and illustrating “The Little Prince.” In the classic tale for both children and adults, a pilot crashes in the Sahara desert and meets a prince from a distant asteroid who is searching for the meaning of life. De Saint-Exupéry and his wife stayed in a 22-room white Victorian mansion on Bevin Place called Bevin House. He worked late into the night, fortified with coffee, soda, and his ritual food, eggs. The “foreign writer,” as his neighbors called him, also studied English with a tutor, Northport High School French teacher, Adele Breaux. Two years later, de Saint-Exupéry was killed while fighting in World War II. His delightful book continues to charm readers of all ages all over the world.
2 comments:
I haven't read the Little Prince since I was in elementary school, but I just read St. Exupery's "Flight to Arras" about flying reconnaissance missions over occupied France in WWII, and really enjoyed it.
I just ordered "Night Flight" a novel he wrote.
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