Papillon

My mother knew Papillon and another one of the characters in the book (Francoise). He was a customer of my uncle's restaurant Il Padrino, in Venezuela, back in the 60's,70's (after this story was told). My brother was just an infant/toddler at this time and they would take turns throwing him in the

Henri Charrière's utterly consuming autobiography has blown me away! Henri was called "Papillon" because of his chest butterfly tattoo which features on the cover of this edition. Unjustly convicted for murder in Paris in 1931 and sentenced to life imprisonment on French Guyana, he became utterly ob Leggi tutto

I read this book in the mid 70's, as a teenager. Then I read it again. And then, a little while later, I saw the film. The three events have subsequently blended into one, and I certainly now have difficulty differentiating the book from the film. But that's no big deal as I know the film followed t Leggi tutto

كان عُمر بابيون خمسة وعشرون عامًا عندما حُكم عليه بالسجن مدى الحياة على جريمة لم يرتكبها. بعد محاولات عديدة وفاشلة للهروب استطاع أن ينجو في محاولته الأخيرة. فرّ من السجن بعد إحدى عشرة عامًا من الظلم والمعاناة والتوق للحرية، حيث استطاع بنجاح أن يصل إلى عاصمة غويان الإنجليزية. ومن ثم هرب إلى فنزويلا، Leggi tutto