Henri Charrière
Paperback | Pages: 544 pages Rating: 4.24 | 51984 Users | 1918 Reviews
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| Title | : | Papillon (Papillon #1) |
| Author | : | Henri Charrière |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 544 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2006 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published 1969) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Biography. Classics. Adventure. Autobiography. Memoir |
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Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who simply would not be defeated.Point Books To Papillon (Papillon #1)
| Original Title: | Papillon |
| ISBN: | 0061120669 (ISBN13: 9780061120664) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Papillon #1 |
| Setting: | Devil's Island(French Guiana) French Guiana Paris(France) |
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What an amazing story!!! It is questionable as to what is true and what is not...many people have poked holes in Henri's story since its publication. However, still a fantastic book that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys a good old school adventure story of daring prison breaks and survival even when all seems lost.Damn, but I love the 'redemption' genre! I'm sure there's an official genre title, but that's what I call it. You know the deal: 'Shawshank Redemption', 'A Million Little Pieces', 'Shantaram'....The protagonist is thrown into jail (or a mental institution)... often on a drummed up charge. Fighting tooth and nail to survive incarceration with the spirit intact, hungering to escape and punish those who put them there to begin with.OR the book starts right after the jail-break, and the protag wants
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...Description: Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: "escape." After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped
I had a hard time to believe a lot of the stuff in this memoir and was hardly surprised when I read that a lot of it was actually invented or had in reality happened not to Charrière but to his inmates.Papillon was interesting as a narrative novel transmitting a message about the French punitive system back at that time, but even though Charrière could almost get philisophical at times, I personally couldn't get myself to like him at all and the plot was repetitive. Charrière seemed rather full
Never give up the fight, and that even when there seems no way out the way of the warrior, win or lose, is the correct way. Books are such a wonderful thing that it teaches you all and me being very curious, we have become best friends now. This was one of the best autobiographies I have ever read. The determination of papillon is beyond explanation. The tattoo on his chest of a papillon really meant something, he was never meant to be caged. An awesome journey, many things to learn from and
Damn, but I love the 'redemption' genre! I'm sure there's an official genre title, but that's what I call it. You know the deal: 'Shawshank Redemption', 'A Million Little Pieces', 'Shantaram'....The protagonist is thrown into jail (or a mental institution)... often on a drummed up charge. Fighting tooth and nail to survive incarceration with the spirit intact, hungering to escape and punish those who put them there to begin with.OR the book starts right after the jail-break, and the protag wants
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