Papillon - Softcover

Charriere, Henri ( Wilson, June; Michaels, Walter - Translators )

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0586034862 ISBN 13: 9780586034866

Publisher: Panther, 1973

Synopsis

Vintage paperback

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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 would not be defeated.

About the Author:

Born in 1906, and imprisoned in 1931, Henri Charrière finally escaped in 1945 to Venuzuela, where he married, settled in Caracas, and opened a restaurant. He died in 1973.

About this edition

• Publisher: Panther
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0586034862
• ISBN 13: 9780586034866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560