Un clsico autobiogrfico que relata la increble evasin de un hombre que vivi una autntica odisea por perseguir aquello que nunca debi perder: la libertad. En 1931, Henri Charrire, apodado Papillon por el tatuaje en forma de mariposa de su pecho, fue condenado a prisin por un asesinato que no haba cometido. Sentenciado a cadena perpetua en una colonia penal de la Guayana Francesa, en su mente solo caba una meta: escapar. Tras varios intentos fallidos de fuga a lo largo de los aos, fue enviado a la llamada Isla del Diablo, de donde ningn recluso se haba evadido jams... hasta su llegada. La lucha por la libertad de Papillon sigue siendo una de las ms increbles hazaas que el ingenio, el tesn y la valenta humanos hayan demostrado jams. Su relato dio lugar a esta extraordinaria autobiografa, la odisea de un hombre inocente para perseguir lo que nunca debi perder: la libertad. Reseas: La mayor hazaa de todos los tiempos. Auguste Le Breton Un clsico moderno de coraje. The New Yorker Una extraordinaria historia de aventuras. The New York Review of Books ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONHenri Charrire, nicknamed 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. Charrire's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was first 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.
Un clsico autobiogrfico que relata la increble evasin de un hombre que vivi una autntica odisea por perseguir aquello que nunca debi perder: la libertad. En 1931, Henri Charrire, apodado Papillon por el tatuaje en forma de mariposa de su pecho, fue condenado a prisin por un asesinato que no haba cometido. Sentenciado a cadena perpetua en una colonia penal de la Guayana Francesa, en su mente solo caba una meta: escapar. Tras varios intentos fallidos de fuga a lo largo de los aos, fue enviado a la llamada Isla del Diablo, de donde ningn recluso se haba evadido jams... hasta su llegada. La lucha por la libertad de Papillon sigue siendo una de las ms increbles hazaas que el ingenio, el tesn y la valenta humanos hayan demostrado jams. Su relato dio lugar a esta extraordinaria autobiografa, la odisea de un hombre inocente para perseguir lo que nunca debi perder: la libertad. Reseas: La mayor hazaa de todos los tiempos. Auguste Le Breton Un clsico moderno de coraje. The New Yorker Una extraordinaria historia de aventuras. The New York Review of Books ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONHenri Charrire, nicknamed 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. Charrire's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was first 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.
