Book Review

Re-reading The Little Prince at forty

A book for children that turns out to be a book about grief.

Kamal Hossain· 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

I first read The Little Prince at nine and thought it was about a boy and a fox.

At forty I understand that it is about a man in the desert, about to die of thirst, inventing a child so he will have someone to talk to.

It is still about the fox, too. It is still about the rose. It is about what we tame and what tames us.

Written by Kamal Hossain for Noholi Write Ups.

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