M.H. Bowker

"In The Anguished and the Enchanted, M.H. Bowker offers a lengthy critical essay and richly annotated English translation of a lost Finnish translation of Antoine de Saint-Exup√©ry‚Äôs The Little Prince. Featuring a substantial Translator‚Äôs Preface, M.H. Bowker develops a psychoanalytic lens through which to regard Saint-Exup√©ry‚Äôs classic work, offering a more nuanced and less ""fable-esque"" text than any translation and interpretation to date.    On Bowker‚Äôs reading, dark and primitive unconscious forces ‚Äî including neglect and abuse at home, the hatred of maturation and development, the projection of feelings of worthlessness onto others, the creation of an absurd and futile world, and more ‚Äî infest the story, not unlike the Baobab trees dreaded by the little prince.    Those already familiar with The Little Prince will find in The Anguished and the Enchanted a new way of regarding what has perhaps become a favorite or even a beloved book. Those unfamiliar with the original work will discover a sometimes tragic, sometimes sympathetic, sometimes harrowing account of the lengths to which persons will go in their struggle to find ‚Äî or to escape from ‚Äî meaningful places for themselves in the world of adults."

The Anguished and the Enchanted

M.H. Bowker

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