IT WAS A KNOCKOUT BLOW-a punch so overwhelming that I didn't get back on my feet for fourteen years.
An edition of Papillon
(1969)
Papillon
1st Perennial ed.
by Henri Charrière
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Describes the life of a man sent to prison on a miserable island, Cayena, where escape is impossible. It is a terrible life for him but he finally escapes after much suffering.
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Prisoners, biography, Escapes, Prisoners, Biography, Autobiographical fiction, Prison life in fiction, Personal narratives, Biography: general, Language readers, Biografía, Colonias penales francesas, French Penal colonies, Presos, Prisons et pénitenciers, Évasions, Biographies, Prisonniers, Modern fiction, Spanish language, French Guiana, Biography/Autobiography, Vietnamese language books, Iles du salutPlaces
Devil's Island (Île du Diable), French Guiana, Guayana Francesa, Guyana Francesa, Devil's Island (French Guiana)Times
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Papillon (P.S.)
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Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, 1970.
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