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n nUn cl sico autobiogr fico que relata la incre ble evasi n de un hombre que vivi una aut ntica odisea por perseguir aquello que nunca debi perder: la libertad. n nEn 1931, Henri Charri re, apodado Papillon por el tatuaje en forma de mariposa de su pecho, fue condenado a prisi n por un asesinato que no hab a cometido. Sentenciado a cadena perpetua en una colonia penal de la Guayana Francesa, en su mente solo cab a una meta: escapar. Tras varios intentos fallidos de fuga a lo largo de los a os, fue enviado a la llamada Isla del Diablo, de donde ning n recluso se hab a evadido jam s... hasta su llegada. n nLa lucha por la libertad de Papillon sigue siendo una de las m s incre bles haza as que el ingenio, el tes n y la valent a humanos hayan demostrado jam s. Su relato dio lugar a esta extraordinaria autobiograf a, la odisea de un hombre inocente para perseguir lo que nunca debi perder: la libertad. n nRese as: n n La mayor haza a de todos los tiempos. n nAuguste Le Breton n n Un cl sico moderno de coraje. n nThe New Yorker n n Una extraordinaria historia de aventuras. n nThe New York Review of Books n nENGLISH DESCRIPTION n nHenri Charri re, nicknamed Papillon, for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. n n 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, Devils 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. n nCharri res 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.n
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