Micul Print (editie cartonata)

Micul Print looks at good and evil through a child's clear eyes. It contrasts adults' pride and folly with a child's wisdom and lack of guile. This fantasy uses a tale for children to explore ideas. Its plain words hold layers of symbols for all ages. It draws on a French form of writing from the eighteenth century.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery was both a writer and a pilot. His brush with death may have helped shape the tale. In 1939, he had to land in the Libyan desert. He was on a flight from Paris to Saigon. A group of nomads saved him. The book first came out during the Second World War. Since then, people of many age groups have read it. It has reached them in over 500 languages and dialects.

This edition marks eighty years since the tale first came out. Octavian Soviany provides a new translation from French. It also has colour pictures drawn by Saint-Exupery himself.