586 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 7, 1983 by Plaza & Janés.
Papillon
Henri Charrière: Papillon (Spanish language, 1983, Plaza & Janés)
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- 978-84-01-45018-1
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Papillon is an autobiographical novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière's nickname, deriving from a butterfly tattoo inscribed on his chest. The novel details Papillon's incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945.
Subjects
- Charrière, Henri, -- 1906-1973.
- Prisoners -- French Guiana.
- Penal colonies, French.
- Presos -- Guayana Francesa.
- Colonias penales francesas.