520 pages
French language
Published Nov. 7, 1969 by R. Laffont.
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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 -- Biography.