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		mcepl on March 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Good Soldier Švejk (2018) “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Whatever age I read it, I am always surprised how much it deals with the actual problems I have.

neuromanser on March 15, 2024 [–]

I don't know anyone who liked The Little Prince when they were kids, regardless of their appreciation of the book as adults.

I disliked it as a kid for the same reasons I've loved it (and Exupéry's other aviator stories) as adult: it's abstract and impressionist.

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