07 April 2004

found

After 60 years, pieces of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's plane have been found in France: "It's impossible to say if he was shot down, if he lost consciousness, or if he had a mechanical accident," said Patrick Grandjean of the national Department of Subaquatic and Submarine Archaeological Research.

Saint-Exupery, as I am sure you all know, wrote one of the most marvelous books, which I love, The Little Prince. (NOTE: This praise applies to the Katherine Woods translation and not the unlovely, soulless newer translation!)

I was going to include a quote from the book, but I was horrifed to learn that my library does not own it! Since the Woods translation is no longer available, I will have to suss out how to remedy this wretched situation... Hmm...

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