New translation by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. After crashing in the Sahara Desert, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry tirelessly focused on a new project, a fixed idea. A face kept crossing his mind, which he - lacking drawing skills - persistently tried to capture on paper. He even used napkins in restaurants for this purpose. This could not remain hidden, and he received a commission from his American publisher to write a story for children. What Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote and illustrated is much more than a children's book. It has become a world classic. "If anyone can truly bring the book back from the realm of good-hearted people to the children's shelves, it is Hans Magnus Enzensberger, from whom the most readable new translation originates." - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.