Collecting "Le petit Prince" - A big thank you to all the special, incredible people that are playing the game with me, year after year

"Now I always have a look around, when I am in some new place. Somehow, he has become my new habit", he says.

And I just melt.

This very good friend of mine is talking about looking for new, exotic editions of "The Little Prince" for my collection while traveling and/on being abroad for some time for whatever reason, and knowing that he remembers me and my special game makes me feel seen, loved and appreciated.

Collecting the book has been a serendipitous idea, something that I would not have expected and yet kept me company all these years, almost fifteen years by now.

And now, after so many years, my collection looks like this:

[My collection of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

as it is in June 2020: over 100 books 

in around 70 languages and dialects]

According to the most recent data, the book has been translated into more than 350 languages and dialects worldwide.

Collecting "Le petit Prince" - The books, dialects, and languages that are not part of my collection yet (I-Z)

This week I have already published the first part of the list of books/languages that are not part of my collection (yet), including the missing languages from A to H.

As I promised, here we are with the second part of the list (missing languages I-Z)!

The second part of the list is huge: around 85 missing languages! (They were actually more than 90 only some months ago...)

This means that if you want to buy a present for me, it's very easy to make me happy, don't you think? (I am kidding, of course... Well, sort of kind of)

I am a hopeless optimist and I am sure that my collection will grow and grow over the years.
Have a nice weekend!

[Dating A Flower Feels Very One-Sided
is the "new" title for "The Little Prince", 
according to the "Better Book Titles" project]

Let's go and see what still needs some attention...

Collecting "Le petit Prince" - The books, dialects, and languages that are not part of my collection yet (A-H)

As you may know, some weeks ago I have published the list of books that are already part of my collection of "Le petit Prince": they were 44 languages in it then (now they are more than 70!). 

In the same post, I have promised to publish the list of books/languages that are not part of my collection (yet).

Since the list is - unfortunately - very big, I have decided to split it into two parts. Today, I'm publishing the first part of the list (missing languages A-H).

On Saturday I will publish the second part of the list (missing languages I-Z), at last!

Stay tuned!

[The Little Prince Grand Tour Doll, 2000

Thanks for the picture of this treasure, Rossana!]

Which kind of present I would dearly enjoy?

Funny merchandising for Jane Austen fans: Jane Austen bandages and beautiful stamps

You may or may not know that I really admire Jane Austen and her work. And that I consider her one of the best English writers of the last centuries, even if other writers (including the otherwise awesome Mark Twain) and a lot of literary critics were not always that crazy about her.

[Classy parody of Jane Austen 

as modern and a little bit pompous Hollywood screenwriter]

And yet Jane Austen is still absolutely popular and well-known, her persona reached the status of a pop culture icon (with new deductions about Miss Austen being murdered with arsenic, no more and no less) and her works keep providing the perfect materials for movies, plays, television adaptations, comics and graphic novels, re-writings with zombies or XXX sexual fantasies and... knitting sets as well.

This could not be enough for very die-hard fans of the British author, who can not find cookies, puzzles, jewelry and other stuff interesting any longer. What about a package of colorful Jane Austen bandages then?

Collecting "Le petit Prince" - The books, dialects, and languages that are already part of my collection

If someone should ask you about "your" list, which kind of list it would be?
Places you have been to? Crazy adventures that are on your bucket list? Your favorite restaurants? The playlist that you could listen to for days and days in a row?

As I promised last week, here I am with "my" list.

Today I am sharing with you the list of books/languages that are already part of my collection of different editions of "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

[It's time to set out for an amazing journey...

While exploring the many languages and dialects 

available for "The Little Prince"]

Since the book has been published in over 200 languages and dialects and I've got 70+ different versions so far, there is still a lot of work to do!

In the coming weeks, I will publish the list of books/languages that are not part of my collection (yet).

Without any further ado, ladies and gents...

Collecting "Le petit Prince" - Why collecting the book is like a big, wonderful game

As already said in this post, I collect different editions, languages, and versions of "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry since 2006. Even if it is my favorite book since I was 15 years old, it all has begun fortuitously, as a mere serendipitous accident, but over the years collecting the book has become really important to me.

The book, voted in 1999 among the first five most important books of the 20th century by "Le Monde", has been published in over 250 languages and dialects and it is also available as an audiobook, graphic novel, and in Braille.

[My collection of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: 

over 80 books in more than 30 languages]

It would be easy to check eBay etc. in order to find all the languages at once and to buy them in two or three "shopping rushes".
It is of course way more exciting to look for the book in shops and flea markets, to check in new places if I am on holiday somewhere, to ask friends and colleagues to bring back a copy of the book for me if they are planning to visit an exotic location, to find an old copy thanks to serendipity or to get a used one from someone I met.

A wonderful Google Doodle celebrates Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 110th bith anniversary

I have been collecting "Le petit Prince" (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in every language since 2006. But this is another story.

Today's story is about the wonderful Google Doodle that celebrates Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 110th birth anniversary [June 29th, 1900]. It's absolutely beautiful and poetic like the book: my favorite Google Doodle ever.

[Google Doodle for June 29th, 2010
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 110th Birth Anniversary]

I've seen this Doodle on the Italian and German version of Google but not on the English one. Maybe just not yet?

ps. Thanks again, Fra!

Update: For mysterious reasons, the English version of Google didn't display the Doodle at all...

Tags: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le petit Prince, The Little Prince, Google Doodle, Birth Anniversary

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