by Henri Charrière · Ediciones Orbis, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440200907
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Papillon Vol. 1 is the first part of the autobiography of Henri Charrière, a man wrongly convicted of murder in France and sent to a penal colony in French Guiana. The novel recounts his arduous efforts to escape and regain his freedom, facing brutal prison conditions, betrayals, and constant dangers. Through his vivid descriptions, Charrière offers a shocking look at prison life and the unwavering determination of the human spirit.
Henri Charrière was a French writer who was convicted of murder in 1931 by the French courts and pardoned in 1970. He wrote the 1969 novel Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana. While Charrière claimed that Papillon was largely true, modern researchers believe that much of the book's material came from other inmates, rather than Charrière himself. Charrière denied committing the murder, although he freely admitted to having committed various other petty crimes prior to his incarceration.
