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Papillon

by Henri Charrière
language: english
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, May of 2005 ‧
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Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. Recaptured, he suffered a solitary confinement and was sent eventually to Devil's Island, a hell-hole of disease and brutality. No one had ever escaped from this notorious prison – no one until Papillon took to the shark infested sea supported only by a makeshift coconut-sack raft. In thirteen years he made nine daring escapes, living through many fantastic adventures while on the run – including a sojourn with South American Indians whose women Papillon found welcomely free of European restraints…

'Papillon' is filled with tension, adventure and high excitement. It is also one of the most vivid stories of human endurance ever written.

Papillon

by Henri Charrière

Property Description
ISBN: 9780007179961
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date: May of 2005
Language: English
Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 33 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 688
Format: Book
Collection: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Romance
Books in English > Fiction > Biographies
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780007179961
Recommended Minimum Age: Not applicable

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Henri Charrière

Henri Charrière nasceu em 1906 em França. Depois de uma breve passagem pela Marinha do seu país, enveredou pelo submundo do crime parisiense, que o alcunhou de Papillon. Quando tinha 25 anos, foi acusado de assassínio e condenado a trabalhos forçados e prisão perpétua na colónia penal de São Lourenço de Maroni, na Guiana Francesa. Já na cadeia, Charrière protagonizou diversas tentativas de fuga e, onze anos depois, acabou por conseguir evadir-se do presídio da Ilha do Diabo, para onde havia sido transferido. Após ter passado um ano numa prisão da Venezuela, obteve a liberdade definitiva e instalou-se em Caracas. Em 1969, publicou as suas memórias onde narrava o tempo passado na prisão. O livro depressa se tornou um sucesso de vendas a nível mundial e foi adaptado ao cinema no célebre filme protagonizado por Steve McQueen e Dustin Hoffman. Henri Charrière acabaria por morrer em 1973, em Madrid, de cancro.

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