Papillon (Spanish Edition), Paperback

Un clasico autobiografico que relata la increible evasion de un hombre que vivio una autentica odisea por perseguir aquello que nunca debio perder: la libertad.

En 1931, Henri Charriere, apodado Papillon por el tatuaje en forma de mariposa de su pecho, fue condenado a prision por un asesinato que no habia cometido. Sentenciado a cadena perpetua en una colonia penal de la Guayana Francesa, en su mente solo cabia una meta: escapar. Tras varios intentos fallidos de fuga a lo largo de los anos, fue enviado a la llamada Isla del Diablo, de donde ningun recluso se habia evadido jamas... hasta su llegada.

La lucha por la libertad de Papillon sigue siendo una de las mas increibles hazanas que el ingenio, el teson y la valentia humanos hayan demostrado jamas. Su relato dio lugar a esta extraordinaria autobiografia, la odisea de un hombre inocente para perseguir lo que nunca debio perder: la libertad.

Resenas:

La mayor hazana de todos los tiempos.

Auguste Le Breton

Un clasico moderno de coraje.

The New Yorker

Una extraordinaria historia de aventuras.

The New York Review of Books

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Henri Charriere, nicknamed ``Papillon,`` 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.

Charriere'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--the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.