Papillon (book)
1969 prison escape memoir by Henri Charrière / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Le Papillon des étoiles.
Papillon (French: [papijɔ̃], lit. "butterfly") is a novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière's nickname.[1] The novel details Papillon's purported incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945.
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Author | Henri Charrière |
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Translator | Patrick O'Brian |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Genre | Autobiographical novel |
Publisher | Robert Laffont (French) Hart-Davis, MacGibbon (English) |
Publication date | 1969 |
Published in English | January 1970 |
Pages | 516 (French) |
Followed by | Banco |
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