Papillon e-bog
90,41 DKK
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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 planni...
E-bog
90,41 DKK
Forlag
William Morrow
Udgivet
29 maj 2012
Længde
576 sider
Genrer
History of art
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780062224477
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