Henri Charriere

Papillon

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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 Fr… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-06-112066-4
EAN: 9780061120664
Produktnummer: 19420102
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 576 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H20.5 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.7 cm 434 g
Gewicht: 434

Über den Autor

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.