Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Antoine de Saint-Exupery -- new translation of The Little Prince.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry

For me at least, passes the test of "made me cry three times."

Much more moving than the version I have read previously, and more lyrical.

Kyi May Kaung

Oh--my big mistake--The White Countess was written by Nobel Laureate

Kazao Ishiguru, whom I met once at a book signing in Philadelphia, way back in the 1990s. And it's not Liam Neeson--it's Ralph Fien...