Bücher von Henri Charriere

A modern classic of courage and excitement.The New Yorker The source for theiconic prison-escapefilm starring Steve McQueenHenri Charrire, nicknamed "e;Papillon,"e; 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--thegripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.A first-class adventure story.New York Review of Books

1933. Le marteau tombe. Perpétuité. Henri Charrière dit " Papillon ", petit caïd montmartrois injustement accusé de meurtre, prend, via Cayenne, " le chemin de la pourriture ". Épinglé, Papillon. Mais pas résigné. Au bagne, c¿est l¿enfer. La réclusion, les privations, les requins, les matons... Il faut s¿évader, à tout prix. En radeau, à la nage, qu¿importe. Treize ans d¿enfer, deux cavales plus tard et Papillon s¿envole pour la liberté.

?A modern classic of courage and excitement.? ?The New YorkerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHARLIE HUNNAM AND RAMI MALEKHenri Charrière, 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.Charrière'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.