{"id":189,"date":"2016-05-05T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T18:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:02:38","slug":"le-petit-prince-read-it-more-than-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"Le Petit Prince&#8211;read it more than once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rLfLm9u60kk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some books are worth reading more than once.\u00a0 One book with a lot of reread value is <em>The Little Prince<\/em> by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry and there are five copies in my home.\u00a0 Although all are the same story, each book is different and makes me remember different things.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-190 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-04-15.50.56-e1462420060297-1024x466.jpg\" alt=\"Little Prince\" width=\"840\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-04-15.50.56-e1462420060297-1024x466.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-04-15.50.56-e1462420060297-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-04-15.50.56-e1462420060297-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-04-15.50.56-e1462420060297-1200x546.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>The first book is a 45 year old <em>Le Petit Prince<\/em> in the original French.\u00a0 I believe I stole it from my parents&#8217; home and it most likely was previously claimed by my mother or sister.\u00a0 I remember as a kid reading an English translation (which my parents probably still have along with another French copy) and enjoying the story while marveling that my parents and sister could read it.\u00a0 Later when I was studying French I read portions of the text and experienced the story in new ways because I was forced to slow down (and often read it aloud).<\/p>\n<p>\u5c0f\u738b\u5b50 was purchased for me by a good friend on a trip to China that I didn&#8217;t get to take.\u00a0 My Chinese is lousy and I can only pick out words here and there, but since it has English on the left page and Chinese on right, I can read the English and appear like I&#8217;m capable in Chinese.\u00a0 This book reminds me of what I gave up and what I gained by not going on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>The English copy of <em>The Little Prince<\/em> was a gift from my sister-in-law and it was accompanied by doll in the picture above.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a different translation from the one I grew up on (suggesting another book for my library) and so provides the opportunity to see the familiar tale in another way.\u00a0 Because of the doll, the book was often packed separately from other books as we moved several times.\u00a0 Being separate, I remember various times pausing from my packing or unpacking and reading various snippets.<\/p>\n<p>In general, I don&#8217;t like shopping in stores, but I do like bookstores and also enjoy Japanese stores so browsing in Japanese bookstores is particularly fun.\u00a0 I purchased \u661f\u306e\u738b\u5b50\u3055\u307e on a trip to Tokyo with the family in 2008.\u00a0 When I peek at the book, I remember that trip, my other times in Japan, and the many hours I spent reading Japanese novels and stories in grad school.<\/p>\n<p>Finally there is <em>Il Piccolo Principe<\/em> which I purchased as a Valentine&#8217;s Day gift for my wife this year.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t remind me of any trip to Italy, but rather makes me think about my wife.\u00a0 It makes me think about what she gave up and what she gained in joining me on an adventure.\u00a0 Along with the book, I also gave her a wooden card with a favorite quote (in the English translation I knew as a child) laser engraved on it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-197 size-full alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/foxCard.jpg\" alt=\"foxCard\" width=\"393\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/foxCard.jpg 393w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/foxCard-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 85vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t read <em>The Little Prince<\/em>, I recommend it.\u00a0 If you have read it, it doesn&#8217;t take long to read it again and it usually seems better than you remembered it.\u00a0 You definitely want to read it more than once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some books are worth reading more than once.\u00a0 One book with a lot of reread value is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry and there are five copies in my home.\u00a0 Although all are the same story, each book is different and makes me remember different things. 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