A new Little Prince museum has opened its doors in Switzerland

There's something both beautiful/enchanting and deeply tragic about the story.

If anyone's interested in an analysis of Saint-Exupéry's psychology via the symbolism of The Little Prince, the book "The Problem of the Puer Aeternus" by Marie-Louise von Franz [1] is absolutely fascinating.

[1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1404609.The_Problem_of_t...

Very surprised and sad to see so many dismissive comments of the book. It's a really popular one in France for a very good reason. It's so creative, poetic and touching that I doubt you can read it and stay indifferent.

If you've never read it, do yourself a favor and do so! It's quite short, and I hope you'll like it.

It has one of my favorite quotes of all time. For those who haven’t read it yet, if the quote below resonates with you, the rest of the book surely will too.

“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add. But when there is nothing left to take away.”

It is relevant in so many contexts in life.

Website makes it impossible to zoom in on the images.

And what do you do here?

- I scroll

Why do you scroll?

- To forget

To forget what?

- That I am boring and bored

Why are you boring and bored?

- Because I scroll!

I make sure I read the little prince once every 10 years.

Every time I do so, I learn something new.

I recently bought this book for my kids. Somehow I've never read it in forty years. What's the big deal? It's gotta be the most famous book I've never read.

There was one in Hakone, Japan which opened in 1999 and closed in 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_The_Little_Prince_in...

How relevant is this to people under thirty? This screams “boomer last gasp” to me. Like snoopy

I've never heard of Little Prince before. I don't think it's as popular as the article claims.