Revered in Riyadh but nixed in New York: how The Little Prince (almost) conquered the world
The beloved tale got Turks applauding and Saudis cheering. How will it be received in Britain? We meet the team behind a high-flying, dance-circus rejig After the Bible, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the world. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's short, sweet novella has spawned more than 600 translations and counting, the author's great-nephew Olivier d'Agay tells me. And this surreal story of an aviator …