Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Le Petit Prince


The classic tale of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is one of my favourite books ever. Most people think is a children`s book, but the truth is that it displays with sarcasm and witt the horror of becoming an adult and how we loose our brilliance and creative point of view as we walk the right path to adulthood. Who hasn´t dreamt of owning a planet like Asteroid B-612 or being able to visit all the planets around you with the help of migrant birds, or rock a jacket with oversized epaulettes and star buttons, like he did. The truth is that this book is a masterpiece with cult followers and huge worldly reclaim, but this is all secondary, because as the little prince´s friend the fox said: "Only with the heart you can see clearly. The essential is invisible to the eyes".