Malej princ – Hoffmanová Klára (2023)

The Little Prince sets off not only to Brno and Wallachia but also to the foothills of the Krkonoš! ***** The Little Prince and the Krkonoš? That surely can't go together! Tolle was the first thought that came to mind. How to get all those wise thoughts into the conversations of the tough mountain folk, lumberjacks, potters, and coral makers? But then we said to ourselves that we all have the same soul, whether it's a man on an airplane, a potter, or a coal miner. Well, judge for yourselves if we succeeded. ***** The cult book by French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry has been translated into more than 300 languages and dialects. Everyone knows it. Passionate collector of editions of The Little Prince, Martina Dlabajová, pondered for a long time how to faithfully bring the tender story closer to the aforementioned tough mountain folk from the Krkonoš. Thanks to the excellent work of the translator duo and lovers of the Podkrkonoš dialect, Klára Hoffmanová and Jarmila Bachmannová, she succeeded. ***** Not only people from the Podkrkonoš will read it. A layman will learn the local dialect, an expert will multiply their knowledge, and everyone will gain a new perspective on the familiar story from an unusual viewpoint. ***** The book is accompanied by illustrations by Rudolf Štorkán. ***** The Little Prince was translated into the Podkrkonoš dialect at the behest of collector Martina Dlabajová. Her...