The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

'An entirely original fable, brilliantly walking a tightrope over the whimsical' – Naomi Lewis, Independent On Sunday

Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures.

Letter to a Hostage, which contains certain themes that were to appear in The Little Prince, is Saint-Exupéry's optimistic and humane open letter to a Jewish intellectual hiding in occupied France in 1943.

'(It is) resonant, beautiful and the kind of book that you should slip into an inside pocket to peek at for the rest of your life' Guardian on Letter to a Hostage