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Papillon
Henri Charri猫re, called "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.
Charri猫re's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was 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 simply would not be defeated.
Charri猫re's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was 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 simply would not be defeated.
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First published January 1, 1969
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10听books789听followersHenri Charri猫re was a convicted murderer chiefly known as the author of Papillon, a hugely successful memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony on French Guiana.
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October 25, 2023
My mother knew Papillon and another one of the characters in the book (Francoise). He was a customer of my uncle's restaurant Il Padrino, in Venezuela, back in the 60's,70's (after this story was told). My brother was just an infant/toddler at this time and they would take turns throwing him in the air, swinging him, etc.. I told this guy Neil about this and he was shocked that my family knew this guy. He had read the book and loved it so much. So as a gift, he gave me a copy of the book.
This book was written in my uncle's other restaurant Il Pappagallo back in the day. What a great story!!!
This book was written in my uncle's other restaurant Il Pappagallo back in the day. What a great story!!!
August 16, 2021
Papillon, Henri Charri猫re
Henri Charri猫re (16 November 1906 鈥� 29 July 1973) was a French writer, convicted as a murderer by the French courts.
He wrote the famous novel Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana.
While Charri猫re claimed that Papillon was largely true, modern researchers believe that much of the book鈥檚 material came from other inmates, rather than Charri猫re himself.
Charri猫re denied committing the murder, although he freely admitted to having committed various other petty crimes prior to his incarceration. ...
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Henri Charri猫re (16 November 1906 鈥� 29 July 1973) was a French writer, convicted as a murderer by the French courts.
He wrote the famous novel Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana.
While Charri猫re claimed that Papillon was largely true, modern researchers believe that much of the book鈥檚 material came from other inmates, rather than Charri猫re himself.
Charri猫re denied committing the murder, although he freely admitted to having committed various other petty crimes prior to his incarceration. ...
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July 29, 2024
Henri Charri猫re's utterly consuming autobiography has blown me away! Henri was called "Papillon" because of his chest butterfly tattoo which features on the cover of this edition. Unjustly convicted for murder in Paris in 1931 and sentenced to life imprisonment on French Guyana, he became utterly obsessed with escape.
The book superbly covers his planning and executions of numerous escapes which have you as a reader transfixed but also imploring for him to succeed. His intense fight for freedom remains one of the greatest modern classics for me, and my only real question is how I only gave this a 9 out of 12, when I read this back in 2006! Really looking forward to rereading this one!
2006 read
The book superbly covers his planning and executions of numerous escapes which have you as a reader transfixed but also imploring for him to succeed. His intense fight for freedom remains one of the greatest modern classics for me, and my only real question is how I only gave this a 9 out of 12, when I read this back in 2006! Really looking forward to rereading this one!
2006 read
March 7, 2025
Henri Charri猫re, nicknamed Papillon because of the tattoo on his chest, is sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder he claims not to have committed. He was sent to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, where he escaped with two other convicts. This time is where his incredible adventure begins.
This fact makes up several different facets. First, it understands moments of indescribable joy, especially during the beginnings of successful runs with her companions of fortune. These moments often take place aboard a boat or a makeshift boat.
There are also moments of doubt when he feels abandoned by this God whom he gets to know throughout history through religious characters who help him in all his journeys to keep the faith and believe that anything is possible. And yet, despite all these difficulties, he always regains hope.
In this story, Papillon encounters moments when he is facing and obliged to tap into an indispensable moral strength and extraordinary power not to go mad or commit suicide. Moreover, during his years in prison, he developed unique methods to maintain more or less correct health, especially during his two years of imprisonment. Papillon is also used to rationing since he has to impose it on himself several times in the book, whether to stay alive in dark dungeons or on a makeshift boat.
This work also features breathtaking landscapes, disturbing, warm surroundings, and moments of relief and pain.
Finally, the most beautiful part of this book is all the encounters between Papi and the locals, the guards, the other convicts, and the authorities. He gives the impression of adaptability and is extremely friendly because he meets people who want to help him wherever he goes. These people are often impoverished, have also been in prison, or are very sick, but they always do their best to help Papillon go on the run or get a new life. He also meets a few suspicious people who denounce or try to kill him, but he always gets by and goes his way.
I will conclude with my opinion of this book. Papillon has made me vibrate throughout its history. At times, the suspense was breathless, and I recommend this biography to any lover of good adventure novels.
However, I was very disappointed by what I discovered while reading this book because it is an autobiography of Henri Charri猫re called into question. It proved that it is, in particular, a collection of stories that have happened to other convicts who have known Papillon.
Therefore, it fails to be an entirely true story that made me spend delightful moments.
This fact makes up several different facets. First, it understands moments of indescribable joy, especially during the beginnings of successful runs with her companions of fortune. These moments often take place aboard a boat or a makeshift boat.
There are also moments of doubt when he feels abandoned by this God whom he gets to know throughout history through religious characters who help him in all his journeys to keep the faith and believe that anything is possible. And yet, despite all these difficulties, he always regains hope.
In this story, Papillon encounters moments when he is facing and obliged to tap into an indispensable moral strength and extraordinary power not to go mad or commit suicide. Moreover, during his years in prison, he developed unique methods to maintain more or less correct health, especially during his two years of imprisonment. Papillon is also used to rationing since he has to impose it on himself several times in the book, whether to stay alive in dark dungeons or on a makeshift boat.
This work also features breathtaking landscapes, disturbing, warm surroundings, and moments of relief and pain.
Finally, the most beautiful part of this book is all the encounters between Papi and the locals, the guards, the other convicts, and the authorities. He gives the impression of adaptability and is extremely friendly because he meets people who want to help him wherever he goes. These people are often impoverished, have also been in prison, or are very sick, but they always do their best to help Papillon go on the run or get a new life. He also meets a few suspicious people who denounce or try to kill him, but he always gets by and goes his way.
I will conclude with my opinion of this book. Papillon has made me vibrate throughout its history. At times, the suspense was breathless, and I recommend this biography to any lover of good adventure novels.
However, I was very disappointed by what I discovered while reading this book because it is an autobiography of Henri Charri猫re called into question. It proved that it is, in particular, a collection of stories that have happened to other convicts who have known Papillon.
Therefore, it fails to be an entirely true story that made me spend delightful moments.
May 4, 2024
I read this book in the mid 70's, as a teenager. Then I read it again. And then, a little while later, I saw the film. The three events have subsequently blended into one, and I certainly now have difficulty differentiating the book from the film. But that's no big deal as I know the film followed the written narrative pretty closely. It's a true story of one man's battle against injustice and the terrible personal consequences that transpired.
It left a big impression on me. It was a big story. A huge adventure which I believed in entirely, though I now know some doubt has subsequently been levelled at the detail. It was also the largest book I'd taken on at this point - by far. Not only did it convince me of the power of a story, it also demonstrated to me that I could be transfixed by a tome so large it seemed impossible it would hold my interest long enough for me to finish it. When I look back to early 'adult' books I've read it's this one that stands out - read as I laid on my bed with a Rod Stewart cassette (Atlantic Crossing) playing in the background.
When the film was released, I know I doubted it could match the power of the book, but in my memory, it came close. I loved Hoffman and McQueen in the lead roles, and the scenes of solitary confinement seemed a perfect reflection of what I'd conjured up in my mind.
I'm not sure if I'll ever re-visit this tale of a Frenchman shipped off to a prison in French Guiana for a crime he claimed he didn't commit, as I wouldn't want to be disappointed by a second re-read. I think I'll just continue to treasure the untainted memory of my first memorable reading experience.
It left a big impression on me. It was a big story. A huge adventure which I believed in entirely, though I now know some doubt has subsequently been levelled at the detail. It was also the largest book I'd taken on at this point - by far. Not only did it convince me of the power of a story, it also demonstrated to me that I could be transfixed by a tome so large it seemed impossible it would hold my interest long enough for me to finish it. When I look back to early 'adult' books I've read it's this one that stands out - read as I laid on my bed with a Rod Stewart cassette (Atlantic Crossing) playing in the background.
When the film was released, I know I doubted it could match the power of the book, but in my memory, it came close. I loved Hoffman and McQueen in the lead roles, and the scenes of solitary confinement seemed a perfect reflection of what I'd conjured up in my mind.
I'm not sure if I'll ever re-visit this tale of a Frenchman shipped off to a prison in French Guiana for a crime he claimed he didn't commit, as I wouldn't want to be disappointed by a second re-read. I think I'll just continue to treasure the untainted memory of my first memorable reading experience.
August 28, 2017
One can only presume Henri Charriere (Papillon, or simply Papi to inmates) was a cat in a previous life, and was still blessed with nine lives in this, believe me he needed all of them. Nine death-defying escapes from the brutal penal settlements of French Guiana in eleven years, pushing his stubborn body to the brink each time, wow!, now that's quite something, how it was even possible for a man of flesh and bone not to die a hundred deaths whilst also going round the bend is beyond me. He would not accept a life's incarceration for a crime he didn't commit, no way, after being wrongly convicted of murder in Paris 1931, and sent to the infamously named Devils Island. The man who had a beautiful butterfly tattoo on his chest, against all odds beat a system dreaded from the days of Napoleon who used its harsh and near inhospitable conditions to punish renegades and political prisoners. Well, this prisoner was simply having none of it!
This was a big book in length, and it felt like it to, through a ravaging chain of events Papillon reads both as an adventure story of high thrills and tension and a savage graphic account of the misery and inhumanity of the French penal system. Right from the start there is no settling in period, and you鈥檙e left in no doubt as to how hard you needed to be to survive. Charriere grabs you by the scruff of the neck and drags you all the way on this incredible journey, leaving you just as exhausted as he. The emotions are explicit, the story is resolute and pumped full of testosterone, and the lessons from his life are succinct. He made his first break from the prison of Saint Laurent within the first forty-two days of his term navigating the heat, humidity and shark infested waters of the Caribbean Sea. Showing exemplary courage and will power he reached as far as Colombia using a rickety and an old crumbling wooden boat only to be captured and returned back to the French, this totally pissed them off. Angered and embarrassed French officials shipped him to the devil鈥檚 islands without delay. The failure only made him more resilient; he simply refused to accept his fate, eventually ending up in Venezuela, doing a little jail time, before, with the sun on his back he's a free man.
The book also explores the humane relations Papillon shared with his cell mates, and you feel for a lot of them to, he was heavy handed with the sods but easy to make friends with. He learned to live with the rogues, the dreaded convicts who hacked at moment鈥檚 provocation but he never abandoned the meek and the suffering, whilst also getting along with guards and wardens. Most were never repulsed by his intense obsession to break out, believing his innocence and respecting his dream to live as a free man. It was this trust that enlivened his spirits and increased his strength to keep his sanity in the lowest ebbs of confinement, which generally were truly awful.
On finishing Papillon I put the book down feeling that, out there in the big wide world, anything is possible. This is a testament to the human spirit on a grandeur level, an adrenaline soaked, hard as nails unshakable will to live. As for his writing, he took to it like anything else, without ever imagining that he could fail, putting pen to paper, 5,000 words a day, and if events from 30 years before ended up feeling a little fictionalised, he still managed to get Papillon across to the reader in the most believable way. An experience never to be forgotten. 5/5
This was a big book in length, and it felt like it to, through a ravaging chain of events Papillon reads both as an adventure story of high thrills and tension and a savage graphic account of the misery and inhumanity of the French penal system. Right from the start there is no settling in period, and you鈥檙e left in no doubt as to how hard you needed to be to survive. Charriere grabs you by the scruff of the neck and drags you all the way on this incredible journey, leaving you just as exhausted as he. The emotions are explicit, the story is resolute and pumped full of testosterone, and the lessons from his life are succinct. He made his first break from the prison of Saint Laurent within the first forty-two days of his term navigating the heat, humidity and shark infested waters of the Caribbean Sea. Showing exemplary courage and will power he reached as far as Colombia using a rickety and an old crumbling wooden boat only to be captured and returned back to the French, this totally pissed them off. Angered and embarrassed French officials shipped him to the devil鈥檚 islands without delay. The failure only made him more resilient; he simply refused to accept his fate, eventually ending up in Venezuela, doing a little jail time, before, with the sun on his back he's a free man.
The book also explores the humane relations Papillon shared with his cell mates, and you feel for a lot of them to, he was heavy handed with the sods but easy to make friends with. He learned to live with the rogues, the dreaded convicts who hacked at moment鈥檚 provocation but he never abandoned the meek and the suffering, whilst also getting along with guards and wardens. Most were never repulsed by his intense obsession to break out, believing his innocence and respecting his dream to live as a free man. It was this trust that enlivened his spirits and increased his strength to keep his sanity in the lowest ebbs of confinement, which generally were truly awful.
On finishing Papillon I put the book down feeling that, out there in the big wide world, anything is possible. This is a testament to the human spirit on a grandeur level, an adrenaline soaked, hard as nails unshakable will to live. As for his writing, he took to it like anything else, without ever imagining that he could fail, putting pen to paper, 5,000 words a day, and if events from 30 years before ended up feeling a little fictionalised, he still managed to get Papillon across to the reader in the most believable way. An experience never to be forgotten. 5/5
July 30, 2022
乇賵丕賷丞 賯丕卅賲丞 毓賱賶 兀丨丿丕孬 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇
卮丕乇賷賷乇 丕賱賲鬲賴賲 丕賱亘乇卅 丕賱賲丨賰賵賲 亘丕賱賲丐亘丿 賵乇丨賱丞 賴乇賵亘 亘丕卅爻丞 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 13 爻賳丞
賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵丕賱毓賳賮 賵丕賱兀賱賲 賵氐賵賱丕 廿賱賶 丕賱禺賱丕氐 賵丕賱丨乇賷丞
鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲乇賷乇丞 賲毓 廿氐乇丕乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賳噩丕丞 賵丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賵丕賱兀賲賱 賮賷 丕賱毓賷卮 亘爻賱丕賲
卮丕乇賷賷乇 丕賱賲鬲賴賲 丕賱亘乇卅 丕賱賲丨賰賵賲 亘丕賱賲丐亘丿 賵乇丨賱丞 賴乇賵亘 亘丕卅爻丞 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 13 爻賳丞
賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵丕賱毓賳賮 賵丕賱兀賱賲 賵氐賵賱丕 廿賱賶 丕賱禺賱丕氐 賵丕賱丨乇賷丞
鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲乇賷乇丞 賲毓 廿氐乇丕乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賳噩丕丞 賵丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賵丕賱兀賲賱 賮賷 丕賱毓賷卮 亘爻賱丕賲
November 6, 2024
Why I chose to listen to this audiobook:
I read this book back when I was in high school during the late 1970s. As a young, impressionable reader, I had given it 5 stars. A few years ago, my daughter and her husband gifted me with a copy of this book after they watched (and liked) the 2017 movie version. I found an audiobook recording to follow along with the book.
Praises:
1. a memoir written by , focusing on his unjust incarceration at a penal colony in French Guyana during the early 1930s. It's an action-packed adventure story of perseverance and survival as he attempts several escapes from various prisons; and,
2. the hardcopy contains a Glossary of various French terms used, as well as a map outlining a couple of Papillon's lengthier escapes.
Niggles:
1. although written as a memoir at least 40 years after this time period, Charriere is extremely detailed in his conversations, which is amazing, because I can't recall what I said word-for-word with anyone that I spoke to a couple of hours ago. Personally, I felt there was TOO MUCH DIALOGUE which got boring at times;
2. there was a lot of tell, not show, and a lot of repetition;
3. I was mystified as to how often Papillon was welcomed and adored wherever he went, given free rein, gifts, and money. He was revered as the center of attention by prison wardens and indigenous peoples alike, even though everyone was highly aware that he was an escaped prisoner convicted of murder;
4. the audiobook recording was confusing as there were huge amounts of dead air between "notebooks"; and,
5. I was totally disgusted when he is welcomed into a Colombian indigenous tribe during his first escape, "inherits" two young wives, 17-year-old Lali and her 12-year-old sister, Zoraima, impregnates them both, and then leaves them high and dry in order to continue his adventure.
Overall Thoughts:
Well, this is the second book in a row that I loved in my youth, only to be highly disillusioned with in my 60s as I reread them. I often questioned the overall authenticity of this "memoir", and it appears that I'm not the only one. Many parts just seemed so wrong.
This is just proof that books sometimes affect us differently throughout the years.
I read this book back when I was in high school during the late 1970s. As a young, impressionable reader, I had given it 5 stars. A few years ago, my daughter and her husband gifted me with a copy of this book after they watched (and liked) the 2017 movie version. I found an audiobook recording to follow along with the book.
Praises:
1. a memoir written by , focusing on his unjust incarceration at a penal colony in French Guyana during the early 1930s. It's an action-packed adventure story of perseverance and survival as he attempts several escapes from various prisons; and,
2. the hardcopy contains a Glossary of various French terms used, as well as a map outlining a couple of Papillon's lengthier escapes.
Niggles:
1. although written as a memoir at least 40 years after this time period, Charriere is extremely detailed in his conversations, which is amazing, because I can't recall what I said word-for-word with anyone that I spoke to a couple of hours ago. Personally, I felt there was TOO MUCH DIALOGUE which got boring at times;
2. there was a lot of tell, not show, and a lot of repetition;
3. I was mystified as to how often Papillon was welcomed and adored wherever he went, given free rein, gifts, and money. He was revered as the center of attention by prison wardens and indigenous peoples alike, even though everyone was highly aware that he was an escaped prisoner convicted of murder;
4. the audiobook recording was confusing as there were huge amounts of dead air between "notebooks"; and,
5. I was totally disgusted when he is welcomed into a Colombian indigenous tribe during his first escape, "inherits" two young wives, 17-year-old Lali and her 12-year-old sister, Zoraima, impregnates them both, and then leaves them high and dry in order to continue his adventure.
Overall Thoughts:
Well, this is the second book in a row that I loved in my youth, only to be highly disillusioned with in my 60s as I reread them. I often questioned the overall authenticity of this "memoir", and it appears that I'm not the only one. Many parts just seemed so wrong.
This is just proof that books sometimes affect us differently throughout the years.
October 21, 2020
賰丕賳 毓購賲乇 亘丕亘賷賵賳 禺賲爻丞 賵毓卮乇賵賳 毓丕賲賸丕 毓賳丿賲丕 丨購賰賲 毓賱賷賴 亘丕賱爻噩賳 賲丿賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 毓賱賶 噩乇賷賲丞 賱賲 賷乇鬲賰亘賴丕. 亘毓丿 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 賵賮丕卮賱丞 賱賱賴乇賵亘 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 兀賳 賷賳噩賵 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱鬲賴 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞. 賮乇賾 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 亘毓丿 廿丨丿賶 毓卮乇丞 毓丕賲賸丕 賲賳 丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵丕賱鬲賵賯 賱賱丨乇賷丞貙 丨賷孬 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 亘賳噩丕丨 兀賳 賷氐賱 廿賱賶 毓丕氐賲丞 睾賵賷丕賳 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞. 賵賲賳 孬賲 賴乇亘 廿賱賶 賮賳夭賵賷賱丕貙 丨賷孬 丕爻鬲賯乇賾 賮賷賴丕.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱丨賲丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲丐孬乇丞 賵賲丨賮夭丞 賱賱鬲賵丕賯賷賳 賱賱丨乇賷丞貙 賮廿匕丕 賰賳鬲 賯丿 卮丕賴丿鬲 丕賱賮賷賱賲 爻丕亘賯賸丕 賮賯丿 賮丕鬲賰 丕賱賰孬賷乇貙 賮賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賯乇兀 毓賳 兀丨丿丕孬 賵賲毓丕賳丕丞 賱賲 鬲乇丿 賮賷 丕賱賮賷賱賲.
兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 乇丕卅毓貙 爻賴賱 爻賱爻 賵卮賷賯貙 賰鬲亘 亘賰賱 丕賳爻丕亘賷丞 賯氐丞 爻噩賳賴 賵賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 賴乇賵亘賴. 賰鬲亘 兀賷囟賸丕 賯氐氐 爻噩賳丕亍 丌禺乇賷賳貙 爻亘亘 爻噩賳賴賲貙 賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴賲 賲賳 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賵賳貙 丕賱噩賳賵賳 丕賱匕賷 兀氐丕亘 丕賱亘毓囟 亘爻亘亘 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱廿賳賮乇丕丿賷貙 賲賯鬲賱 亘毓囟 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 爻賵丕亍賸 毓賱賶 賷丿 爻噩賳丕亍 丌禺乇賷賳 兀賵 毓賱賶 賷丿 爻噩丕賳賷賴賲 兀賵 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賴乇亘. 孬賯丕賮丞 賵兀禺賱丕賯 兀購賳丕爻 賵卮毓賵亘 毓丕氐乇賴賲 賵毓丕卮 賲毓賴賲貙 賲賳賴賲 丕賱胤賷亘 賵賲賳賴賲 丕賱卮乇賷乇.
兀丨丿丕孬 賲丐賱賲丞 賵兀禺乇賶 噩賲賷賱丞 爻鬲賯乇卅賴丕 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞. 賲賳 兀亘卮毓 賲丕 爻鬲賯乇兀 毓賳 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱丕賳賮乇丕丿賷 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷購爻賲賾賶 亘爻噩賳 丌賰賱 丕賱乇噩丕賱!.
乇賵丕賷丞 卮賷賯丞 賵賲購賱賴賲丞 毓賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 賵丕賱馗賱賲 賵丕賱亘丐爻貙 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱賱丕廿賳爻丕賳賷 丕賱匕賷 賷賲丕乇爻賴購 丕賱爻噩賾丕賳 毓賱賶 兀禺賷賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳.
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鈥溫ж柏� 賳馗乇丞 賲賳賰 賰丕匕亘丞 兀賳 鬲丨爻亘 丕賱爻噩賾丕賳 廿賳爻丕賳賸丕 爻賻賵賽賷賸賾丕. 廿賳 賷賳鬲爻亘 廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 賮賱賷爻 噩丿賷乇賸丕 亘賴匕賴 丕賱鬲爻賲賷丞. 賵賯丿 賷毓鬲丕丿 丕賱賲乇亍 毓賱賶 賰賱 卮賷亍 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丨鬲賶 丕賱丿賳丕亍丞 賯丿 賷噩毓賱 賲賳賴丕 丿賷丿賳賴. 賵賱丕 賷乇毓賵賷 廿賱丕 廿匕丕 丿賳丕 賲賳 丕賱賯亘乇 賵禺卮賷 乇亘賾賴 廿賳 賰丕賳 丿賷賾賳丕賸 賮賷賲爻賷 禺丕卮毓賸丕 賳丕丿賲賸丕. 賱丕 賱兀賳 囟賲賷乇賴 賷丐賳亘賴 亘賱 賱兀賳賴 賷禺丕賮 兀賳 賷丨丕爻亘賴 亘賴 毓賱賶 賲丕 噩賳鬲 賷丿丕賴 賵兀賳 丕賱賱賴 賴賵 丕賱丨丕賰賲 丕賱匕賷 爻賷丨丕賰賲賴鈥�.
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鈥溫官勝娰� 兀賳 兀丨賱賲 賵兀賳 兀丨賱賾賯 賮賷 噩賵 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賯丿乇 丕賱賲爻鬲胤丕毓 賲禺鬲丕乇賸丕 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞 丨鬲賶 兀亘毓丿 毓賳 賳賮爻賷 卮亘丨 丕賱噩賳賵賳鈥�.
鈥溫з勜娯ж┴� 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 丕賱丨賷丕丞. 毓賱賷賾 兀賳 兀乇丿賾丿 賰賱賲丞 丕賱兀賲賱 賴匕賴 孬賱丕孬賸丕貙 賰賱賲丕 卮毓乇鬲 亘丕賱丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲 廿賱賶 丕賱賷兀爻貙 賱丕 賷兀爻 賲毓 丕賱丨賷丕丞鈥�.
February 28, 2025
" 賱賲 兀毓卮 廿賱丕 賲賳 兀噩賱 鬲丨賯賷賯 賴匕丕 丕賱賴丿賮 : 兀賳 兀賴乇亘 貙 兀賳 兀賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳. 賱賷爻 賲賴賲丕 兀賳 兀賴乇亘 亘賲賮乇丿賷 兀賵 亘乇賮賯丞 兀丨丿貙 丕賱賲賴賲 兀賳 兀賴乇亘. 賰丕賳鬲 賴匕賴 賮賰乇丞 孬丕亘鬲丞 賮賷 匕賴賳賷 "
"乇丨賱丞 賳丨賵 丕賱丨乇賷丞 " 賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賲賰賳賳賷 賵氐賮 亘賴 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 . 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 賱賴丕 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 毓賲丕 賵噩丿鬲 . 賱丕 兀毓賳賷 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻賷卅丞 丕賵 賱賲 鬲毓噩亘賳賷 賱賰賳 賮賯胤 鬲賵賯毓鬲賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賲禺鬲賱賮 毓賳 匕賱賰 .
馗賳賳鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕賳賶 爻兀噩丿 賲丕鬲賵賯毓鬲 賮賴丕 賴賵 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 丕賱賲丿毓賵 亘丕亘賷賵賳 兀賶 丕賱賮乇丕卮丞 賰賲丕 賱購賯亘 賲賳 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵賯丿 鬲賲 廿鬲賴丕賲賴 夭賵乇丕賸 賵丨購賰賲 毓賱賷賴 亘丕賱賲丐亘丿 馗賱賲丕賸 .
" 賮賷 鬲賲丕賲 丕賱爻丕毓丞 丕賱丨丕丿賷丞 毓卮乇丞 賱賷賱丕賸 貙 丕賳鬲賴鬲 賱毓亘丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 賯亘賱 賱賱賲丨丕賲賷賳 丕賱賲丿丕賮毓賷賳 毓賳賷 ( 賰卮 賲賱賱賰 賵賲丕鬲!) 賵鬲賲 丕賱丨賰賲 毓賱賷 賵兀賳丕 亘乇卅 賲賳 丕賱鬲賴賲丞."
賱賷賯乇乇 賲賳匕 兀賵賱 賷賵賲 兀賳賴 爻賷賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 賵丕賳賴 爻賷毓賵丿 賱賱廿賳鬲賯丕賲 賲賲賳 兀賵丿毓賵賴 亘丕賱爻噩賳 .
賳鬲丕亘毓 禺胤胤賴 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇丞 賱賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 賵賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 賲賳 賷丨丕賵賱 囟賲賴賲 丕賱賷賴 賮賷 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賵賳毓賷卮 賲毓賴 丕賮賰丕乇賴 賵賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 亘賱 賵賳卮賴丿 賳噩丕丨 兀賵賱 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱賱賴乇賵亘 賲毓賴 賵賲丕賱丕賯丕賴 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賴賵 賵丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 賵賲賳 廿賱鬲賯賷 賱賴賲 .
"賱賯丿 禺爻乇鬲 丕賱賲亘丕乇丕丞 貙 賵賱賰賳 乇賵丨賷 賱賲 鬲賳賴夭賲"
賳丨賷丕 賲毓 亘丕亘賷賵賳 賰賱 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賳 賵賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 乇賮丕賯賴 賴賳丕賰 賵丨賰丕賷丞 賰賱 賲賳賴賲 貙 賮丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳毓賲 賲賳 賵噩賴賴 賳馗乇賴 賵毓賳賴 賱賰賳賴 賷丨賰賷 賱賳丕 賯氐氐 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賲賳 賷賱鬲賯賷賴賲 賱賳毓乇賮 爻亘亘 爻噩賳賴賲 賵丕丨賰丕賲賴賲 賵兀卮賷丕亍 賲賲丕 鬲丨丿孬 賲毓賴賲 . 賵賳乇賶 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴 爻賵丕亍 賲賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓賴 丕賵 賲賲丕 丨丿孬 賱賱爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 丕賱賲毓丕賲賱丞 丕賱賲賴賷賳丞 賵丕賱爻賷卅丞 賵丕賱毓賳賷賮丞 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 賵丕賱賲賳毓丿賲丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 鬲賲丕賲丕 賮賷 兀丨賷丕賳 丕禺乇賷 貙 賵賳鬲丕亘毓 賲丌爻賷 丕賱丨亘爻 丕賱廿賳賮乇丕丿賷 貙 賵賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 噩孬孬 丕賱兀賲賵丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賲爻丕噩賷賳 丨賷孬 賱丕賷賵噩丿 賲賰丕賳 賱賱丿賮賳 . 賵鬲毓丕賲賱 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 賲毓 亘毓囟賴賲 丕賱亘毓囟 賵禺賷丕乇丕鬲賴賲 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱爻噩賳 .
"賱丕 丕賴賲賷丞 賱爻噩賷賳 賲丨賰賵賲 亘丕賱兀卮睾丕賱 丕賱卮丕賯丞貙 賮丨鬲賶 賱賵 賯購鬲賽賱 亘胤乇賷賯丞 噩亘丕賳丞貙 賷賲鬲賳毓 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳 毓賳 廿夭毓丕噩 兀賳賮爻賴賲 亘丕賱爻毓賷 廿賱賶 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱賯丕鬲賱. 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱廿丿丕乇丞 賴賵 賱丕 賷毓賳賷 卮賷卅丕賸 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 貙 賮賴賵 賲噩乇丿 賲丨賰賵賲 貙 兀丿賳賷 賲賳 賰賱亘 "
賱賲 兀卮丕賴丿 丕賱賮賷賱賲 亘毓丿 賱賰賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賱賯胤丞 賲賳 丕賱丨亘爻 丕賱廿賳賮乇丕丿賷 貙 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱爻噩賷賳 丕賳 賷乇賷 睾賷乇賴 賵賯丿 賷鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賳 賷鬲丨丿孬 亘賰賱賲鬲賷賳 廿賳 賰丕賳 爻毓賷丿 丕賱丨馗.
丕爻賱賵亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 兀爻賴賱 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賲丕 鬲賵賯毓鬲 貙 賱丕 丕毓賱賲 賱賲丕匕丕 賰丕賳 賱丿賶 廿毓鬲賯丕丿 兀賳 賱睾丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵廿爻賱賵亘賴丕 賵胤亘賷毓鬲賴丕 爻鬲賰賵賳 兀孬賯賱 賲賳 匕賱賰 亘賰孬賷乇 . 賱賰賳 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賰丕賳 卮賷賯 .賵 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賲賵賲丕賸 賰丕賳鬲 賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 乇丨賱丞 貙 鬲鬲禺賱賱賴丕 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賵丕賱賲禺丕胤乇 賵丕賱兀丨夭丕賳 賵丕賱兀賮乇丕丨 賵丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 丕賱胤乇賷賮丞 賵丕賱賲亘賰賷丞 .
" 賲賳匕 毓丕賲 賵兀賳鬲 賱丕 鬲賰賮 毓賳 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 丕賱賮乇丕乇 賵賱賲 鬲爻鬲爻賱賲 賲乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞. 賲丕 廿賳 鬲禺賮賯 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賮乇丕乇 丨鬲賶 鬲毓丿 賱賲丨丕賵賱丞 兀禺乇賶"
廿氐乇丕乇 亘丕亘賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 賵丕賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 丨乇賷鬲賴 賰丕賳 乇丕卅毓丕 貙 賵鬲毓丕賲賱賴 賲毓 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賳 賵乇賮丕賯賴 賵胤乇賷賯丞 鬲毓丕賲賱賴 賱賷鬲丨賲賱 毓賯賵亘丞 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱廿賳賮乇丕丿賷 賰丕賳鬲 賲賱賴賲丞 賵噩賲賷賱丞 賱鬲孬亘鬲 賱賳丕 兀賳 丕賱禺賷丕賱 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 廿賳賯丕匕賳丕 賲賳 丕賱噩賳賵賳 賵丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 . ( 丿賴 胤亘毓丕 賱賱賳丕爻 丕賱賱賶 禺賷丕賱賴丕 亘賷賵丿賷賴丕 賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵禺賷丕賱 賰賵賷爻 貙 賲卮 噩賱丿 丕賱匕丕鬲 丕賱賱賶 亘毓囟賳丕 賵丕賵賱賴賲 丕賳丕 亘賳毓賲賱賴 馃槄) 賱匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賵廿氐乇丕乇 賴賳乇賷 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱丨乇賷丞 賴賵 賲賱 丕賳賯匕賴 賵噩毓賱賴 賷賵丕噩賴 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賲丕 賱丕賯丕賴 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賯毓 賮賷 亘乇丕孬賳 丕賱噩賳賵賳 兀賵 丕賳 賷賯賵賲 亘丕賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇 .
"廿賳賴賲 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賲噩丕賳賷賷賳 .賴賱 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 賲噩乇丿 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 兀賳 丕賱氐丿賲丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳夭賱鬲 毓賱賶 乇兀爻賷 賷賲賰賳賴丕 兀賳 鬲賵丿賷 亘賷 廿賱賶 丕囟胤乇丕亘 賯丿 賷氐賱 廿賱賷 丨丿 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷 丕賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇 責 兀賳丕 卮噩丕毓 賵爻兀亘賯賶 賰匕賱賰. 爻賵賮 兀賰丕賮丨 賮賷 賵噩賴 賰賱 卮卅 賵囟丿 賰賱 卮卅 ."
" 賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 爻賵賮 賷賯乇丐賵賳 賴匕賴 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 貙 廿匕丕 賲丕 賯賷囟 賱賴丕 兀賳 鬲購賳卮乇 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 貙 爻賵賮 賷乇孬賷 亘毓囟 賱丨丕賱賷 乇亘賲丕 毓賳丿 爻乇 賲丕 丕囟胤乇乇鬲 賱鬲丨賲賱賴 貙 賵賷卮毓乇 丨賷丕賱賷 亘卮卅 賲賳 丕賱卮賮賯丞 "
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丕卅賲丞 毓賱賶 丕丨丿丕孬 丨賯賷賯賷丞 丨丿孬鬲 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賱丕 丕毓賱賲 廿賱賶 賯丿乇 賴賷 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賵兀賶 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賲鬲禺賷賱丞.
"賴賳乇賷 鬲卮丕乇賷賷乇听(亘丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞:听Henri Charri猫re听)鈥� (賵.听1906听鈥撎�1973听賲)貙 賰丕鬲亘 賮乇賳爻賷. 賰鬲亘 乇賵丕賷丞 (亘丕亘賷賱賵賳) 賵賴賷 賲匕賰乇丕鬲 丨賵賱 爻噩賳賴 賵賴乇賵亘賴 賲賳听賲爻鬲毓賲乇丞 毓賯丕亘賷丞听賮賷听睾賵賷丕賳丕 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞. 丕丿毓賶 卮丕乇賷賷乇 兀賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲匕賰賵乇丞 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕亘賷賱賵賳 氐丨賷丨丞 賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱亘丕丨孬賵賳 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇賵賳 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 兀賳 卮丕乇賷賷乇 賱賲 賷賰鬲亘 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賲丨鬲賵賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賱 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳"
賲賲丕 賯賷賱 毓賳 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 :
"毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 賰賱 兀賳卮胤鬲賴 睾賷乇 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳賷丞 賰毓氐丕亘丞 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻 貙 賱賲 賷鬲賲 丕賱賯亘囟 毓賱賶 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 廿賱丕 亘毓丿 賲賯鬲賱 乇噩賱 毓氐丕亘丕鬲 賲丨賱賷 / 丕賱賯賵丕丿 乇賵賱丕賳丿 賱賷噩乇丕賳丿 賮賷 毓丕賲 1931.
丕賱賲禺亘乇賷賳 睾賷乇 兀賲賳丕亍 賵賳馗丕賲 賯囟丕卅賷 賮乇賳爻賷 爻毓賶 廿賱賶 丨賱 爻乇賷毓 賱賱賯囟賷丞. 賱賲丕匕丕 亘丕賱囟亘胤 乇亘胤鬲 丕賱丿賵賱丞 卮丕乇賷賷乇 亘兀賳賴 乇噩賱賴賲 賱丕 賷夭丕賱 睾賷乇 賵丕囟丨 貙 賱賰賳 賲毓 匕賱賰 貙 鬲賱賯賶 丨賰賲賸丕 亘丕賱爻噩賳 賲丿賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 賰丕賷賷賳 貙 丕賱賲爻鬲毓賲乇丞 丕賱噩賳丕卅賷丞 爻賷卅丞 丕賱爻賲毓丞 賮賷 睾賷丕賳丕 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞.
賱賰賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 賱丿賶 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 兀賷 賳賷丞 賱賱亘賯丕亍 賲丨亘賵爻賸丕 - 賵賰丕賳 鬲爻賱爻賱 丕賱賴乇賵亘 丕賱噩乇賷亍 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱匕賷 爻賷噩毓賱賴 賲卮賴賵乇賸丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 毓賱賶 賵卮賰 丕賱亘丿亍."
禺賱氐賳丕 噩亘賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳乇賵丨 賳卮賵賮 丕賱賮賷賱賲 馃槄
丕賴 賮賷 丨丕噩丞 囟丕賷賯鬲賳賷 賲賳賴 賴賵 賵毓丿 賯丕賱賴 賱兀賲乇丌鬲賷賳 賵孬賯賵丕 賮賷賴 賵丨亘賵賴 賵賴賵 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 胤亘毓丕 賲賳賮匕卮 丕賱賵毓丿 賰丕賱賲鬲賵賯毓 賷毓賳賷 賵 賲賮鬲賰乇賴賲卮 禺丕賱氐 賵賱賵 亘賰賱賲丞 丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞.
卮賰乇丕 賱氐丿賷賯鬲賷 亘爻賲丞 毓賲乇 毓賱賶 賲卮丕乇賰鬲賷 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鉂�
佗伽 / 佟佗 / 佗贍佗佗
"乇丨賱丞 賳丨賵 丕賱丨乇賷丞 " 賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賲賰賳賳賷 賵氐賮 亘賴 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 . 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 賱賴丕 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 毓賲丕 賵噩丿鬲 . 賱丕 兀毓賳賷 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻賷卅丞 丕賵 賱賲 鬲毓噩亘賳賷 賱賰賳 賮賯胤 鬲賵賯毓鬲賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賲禺鬲賱賮 毓賳 匕賱賰 .
馗賳賳鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕賳賶 爻兀噩丿 賲丕鬲賵賯毓鬲 賮賴丕 賴賵 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 丕賱賲丿毓賵 亘丕亘賷賵賳 兀賶 丕賱賮乇丕卮丞 賰賲丕 賱購賯亘 賲賳 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵賯丿 鬲賲 廿鬲賴丕賲賴 夭賵乇丕賸 賵丨購賰賲 毓賱賷賴 亘丕賱賲丐亘丿 馗賱賲丕賸 .
" 賮賷 鬲賲丕賲 丕賱爻丕毓丞 丕賱丨丕丿賷丞 毓卮乇丞 賱賷賱丕賸 貙 丕賳鬲賴鬲 賱毓亘丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 賯亘賱 賱賱賲丨丕賲賷賳 丕賱賲丿丕賮毓賷賳 毓賳賷 ( 賰卮 賲賱賱賰 賵賲丕鬲!) 賵鬲賲 丕賱丨賰賲 毓賱賷 賵兀賳丕 亘乇卅 賲賳 丕賱鬲賴賲丞."
賱賷賯乇乇 賲賳匕 兀賵賱 賷賵賲 兀賳賴 爻賷賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 賵丕賳賴 爻賷毓賵丿 賱賱廿賳鬲賯丕賲 賲賲賳 兀賵丿毓賵賴 亘丕賱爻噩賳 .
賳鬲丕亘毓 禺胤胤賴 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇丞 賱賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 賵賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 賲賳 賷丨丕賵賱 囟賲賴賲 丕賱賷賴 賮賷 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賵賳毓賷卮 賲毓賴 丕賮賰丕乇賴 賵賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 亘賱 賵賳卮賴丿 賳噩丕丨 兀賵賱 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱賱賴乇賵亘 賲毓賴 賵賲丕賱丕賯丕賴 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賴賵 賵丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 賵賲賳 廿賱鬲賯賷 賱賴賲 .
"賱賯丿 禺爻乇鬲 丕賱賲亘丕乇丕丞 貙 賵賱賰賳 乇賵丨賷 賱賲 鬲賳賴夭賲"
賳丨賷丕 賲毓 亘丕亘賷賵賳 賰賱 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賳 賵賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 乇賮丕賯賴 賴賳丕賰 賵丨賰丕賷丞 賰賱 賲賳賴賲 貙 賮丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳毓賲 賲賳 賵噩賴賴 賳馗乇賴 賵毓賳賴 賱賰賳賴 賷丨賰賷 賱賳丕 賯氐氐 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賲賳 賷賱鬲賯賷賴賲 賱賳毓乇賮 爻亘亘 爻噩賳賴賲 賵丕丨賰丕賲賴賲 賵兀卮賷丕亍 賲賲丕 鬲丨丿孬 賲毓賴賲 . 賵賳乇賶 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴 爻賵丕亍 賲賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓賴 丕賵 賲賲丕 丨丿孬 賱賱爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 丕賱賲毓丕賲賱丞 丕賱賲賴賷賳丞 賵丕賱爻賷卅丞 賵丕賱毓賳賷賮丞 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 賵丕賱賲賳毓丿賲丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 鬲賲丕賲丕 賮賷 兀丨賷丕賳 丕禺乇賷 貙 賵賳鬲丕亘毓 賲丌爻賷 丕賱丨亘爻 丕賱廿賳賮乇丕丿賷 貙 賵賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 噩孬孬 丕賱兀賲賵丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賲爻丕噩賷賳 丨賷孬 賱丕賷賵噩丿 賲賰丕賳 賱賱丿賮賳 . 賵鬲毓丕賲賱 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 賲毓 亘毓囟賴賲 丕賱亘毓囟 賵禺賷丕乇丕鬲賴賲 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱爻噩賳 .
"賱丕 丕賴賲賷丞 賱爻噩賷賳 賲丨賰賵賲 亘丕賱兀卮睾丕賱 丕賱卮丕賯丞貙 賮丨鬲賶 賱賵 賯購鬲賽賱 亘胤乇賷賯丞 噩亘丕賳丞貙 賷賲鬲賳毓 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳 毓賳 廿夭毓丕噩 兀賳賮爻賴賲 亘丕賱爻毓賷 廿賱賶 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱賯丕鬲賱. 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱廿丿丕乇丞 賴賵 賱丕 賷毓賳賷 卮賷卅丕賸 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 貙 賮賴賵 賲噩乇丿 賲丨賰賵賲 貙 兀丿賳賷 賲賳 賰賱亘 "
賱賲 兀卮丕賴丿 丕賱賮賷賱賲 亘毓丿 賱賰賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賱賯胤丞 賲賳 丕賱丨亘爻 丕賱廿賳賮乇丕丿賷 貙 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱爻噩賷賳 丕賳 賷乇賷 睾賷乇賴 賵賯丿 賷鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賳 賷鬲丨丿孬 亘賰賱賲鬲賷賳 廿賳 賰丕賳 爻毓賷丿 丕賱丨馗.
丕爻賱賵亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳 兀爻賴賱 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賲丕 鬲賵賯毓鬲 貙 賱丕 丕毓賱賲 賱賲丕匕丕 賰丕賳 賱丿賶 廿毓鬲賯丕丿 兀賳 賱睾丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵廿爻賱賵亘賴丕 賵胤亘賷毓鬲賴丕 爻鬲賰賵賳 兀孬賯賱 賲賳 匕賱賰 亘賰孬賷乇 . 賱賰賳 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賰丕賳 卮賷賯 .賵 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賲賵賲丕賸 賰丕賳鬲 賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 乇丨賱丞 貙 鬲鬲禺賱賱賴丕 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賵丕賱賲禺丕胤乇 賵丕賱兀丨夭丕賳 賵丕賱兀賮乇丕丨 賵丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 丕賱胤乇賷賮丞 賵丕賱賲亘賰賷丞 .
" 賲賳匕 毓丕賲 賵兀賳鬲 賱丕 鬲賰賮 毓賳 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 丕賱賮乇丕乇 賵賱賲 鬲爻鬲爻賱賲 賲乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞. 賲丕 廿賳 鬲禺賮賯 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賮乇丕乇 丨鬲賶 鬲毓丿 賱賲丨丕賵賱丞 兀禺乇賶"
廿氐乇丕乇 亘丕亘賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 賵丕賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 丨乇賷鬲賴 賰丕賳 乇丕卅毓丕 貙 賵鬲毓丕賲賱賴 賲毓 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賳 賵乇賮丕賯賴 賵胤乇賷賯丞 鬲毓丕賲賱賴 賱賷鬲丨賲賱 毓賯賵亘丞 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱廿賳賮乇丕丿賷 賰丕賳鬲 賲賱賴賲丞 賵噩賲賷賱丞 賱鬲孬亘鬲 賱賳丕 兀賳 丕賱禺賷丕賱 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 廿賳賯丕匕賳丕 賲賳 丕賱噩賳賵賳 賵丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 . ( 丿賴 胤亘毓丕 賱賱賳丕爻 丕賱賱賶 禺賷丕賱賴丕 亘賷賵丿賷賴丕 賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵禺賷丕賱 賰賵賷爻 貙 賲卮 噩賱丿 丕賱匕丕鬲 丕賱賱賶 亘毓囟賳丕 賵丕賵賱賴賲 丕賳丕 亘賳毓賲賱賴 馃槄) 賱匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賵廿氐乇丕乇 賴賳乇賷 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱丨乇賷丞 賴賵 賲賱 丕賳賯匕賴 賵噩毓賱賴 賷賵丕噩賴 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賲丕 賱丕賯丕賴 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賯毓 賮賷 亘乇丕孬賳 丕賱噩賳賵賳 兀賵 丕賳 賷賯賵賲 亘丕賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇 .
"廿賳賴賲 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賲噩丕賳賷賷賳 .賴賱 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 賲噩乇丿 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 兀賳 丕賱氐丿賲丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳夭賱鬲 毓賱賶 乇兀爻賷 賷賲賰賳賴丕 兀賳 鬲賵丿賷 亘賷 廿賱賶 丕囟胤乇丕亘 賯丿 賷氐賱 廿賱賷 丨丿 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷 丕賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇 責 兀賳丕 卮噩丕毓 賵爻兀亘賯賶 賰匕賱賰. 爻賵賮 兀賰丕賮丨 賮賷 賵噩賴 賰賱 卮卅 賵囟丿 賰賱 卮卅 ."
" 賲賳 亘賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 爻賵賮 賷賯乇丐賵賳 賴匕賴 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 貙 廿匕丕 賲丕 賯賷囟 賱賴丕 兀賳 鬲購賳卮乇 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 貙 爻賵賮 賷乇孬賷 亘毓囟 賱丨丕賱賷 乇亘賲丕 毓賳丿 爻乇 賲丕 丕囟胤乇乇鬲 賱鬲丨賲賱賴 貙 賵賷卮毓乇 丨賷丕賱賷 亘卮卅 賲賳 丕賱卮賮賯丞 "
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯丕卅賲丞 毓賱賶 丕丨丿丕孬 丨賯賷賯賷丞 丨丿孬鬲 賲毓 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 亘丕賱賮毓賱 賱丕 丕毓賱賲 廿賱賶 賯丿乇 賴賷 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賵兀賶 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賲鬲禺賷賱丞.
"賴賳乇賷 鬲卮丕乇賷賷乇听(亘丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞:听Henri Charri猫re听)鈥� (賵.听1906听鈥撎�1973听賲)貙 賰丕鬲亘 賮乇賳爻賷. 賰鬲亘 乇賵丕賷丞 (亘丕亘賷賱賵賳) 賵賴賷 賲匕賰乇丕鬲 丨賵賱 爻噩賳賴 賵賴乇賵亘賴 賲賳听賲爻鬲毓賲乇丞 毓賯丕亘賷丞听賮賷听睾賵賷丕賳丕 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞. 丕丿毓賶 卮丕乇賷賷乇 兀賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲匕賰賵乇丞 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕亘賷賱賵賳 氐丨賷丨丞 賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱亘丕丨孬賵賳 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇賵賳 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 兀賳 卮丕乇賷賷乇 賱賲 賷賰鬲亘 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賲丨鬲賵賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賱 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱丌禺乇賵賳"
賲賲丕 賯賷賱 毓賳 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 :
"毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 賰賱 兀賳卮胤鬲賴 睾賷乇 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳賷丞 賰毓氐丕亘丞 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻 貙 賱賲 賷鬲賲 丕賱賯亘囟 毓賱賶 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 廿賱丕 亘毓丿 賲賯鬲賱 乇噩賱 毓氐丕亘丕鬲 賲丨賱賷 / 丕賱賯賵丕丿 乇賵賱丕賳丿 賱賷噩乇丕賳丿 賮賷 毓丕賲 1931.
丕賱賲禺亘乇賷賳 睾賷乇 兀賲賳丕亍 賵賳馗丕賲 賯囟丕卅賷 賮乇賳爻賷 爻毓賶 廿賱賶 丨賱 爻乇賷毓 賱賱賯囟賷丞. 賱賲丕匕丕 亘丕賱囟亘胤 乇亘胤鬲 丕賱丿賵賱丞 卮丕乇賷賷乇 亘兀賳賴 乇噩賱賴賲 賱丕 賷夭丕賱 睾賷乇 賵丕囟丨 貙 賱賰賳 賲毓 匕賱賰 貙 鬲賱賯賶 丨賰賲賸丕 亘丕賱爻噩賳 賲丿賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 賰丕賷賷賳 貙 丕賱賲爻鬲毓賲乇丞 丕賱噩賳丕卅賷丞 爻賷卅丞 丕賱爻賲毓丞 賮賷 睾賷丕賳丕 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷丞.
賱賰賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 賱丿賶 賴賳乇賷 卮丕乇賷賷乇 兀賷 賳賷丞 賱賱亘賯丕亍 賲丨亘賵爻賸丕 - 賵賰丕賳 鬲爻賱爻賱 丕賱賴乇賵亘 丕賱噩乇賷亍 賲賳 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱匕賷 爻賷噩毓賱賴 賲卮賴賵乇賸丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 毓賱賶 賵卮賰 丕賱亘丿亍."
禺賱氐賳丕 噩亘賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賳乇賵丨 賳卮賵賮 丕賱賮賷賱賲 馃槄
丕賴 賮賷 丨丕噩丞 囟丕賷賯鬲賳賷 賲賳賴 賴賵 賵毓丿 賯丕賱賴 賱兀賲乇丌鬲賷賳 賵孬賯賵丕 賮賷賴 賵丨亘賵賴 賵賴賵 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 胤亘毓丕 賲賳賮匕卮 丕賱賵毓丿 賰丕賱賲鬲賵賯毓 賷毓賳賷 賵 賲賮鬲賰乇賴賲卮 禺丕賱氐 賵賱賵 亘賰賱賲丞 丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞.
卮賰乇丕 賱氐丿賷賯鬲賷 亘爻賲丞 毓賲乇 毓賱賶 賲卮丕乇賰鬲賷 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鉂�
佗伽 / 佟佗 / 佗贍佗佗
July 9, 2014
What a story! Papillon is an autobiographical novel about a man who in 1931 was charged with killing someone (of course, the author claims he was innocent) and he was sentenced to a life of hard labor at a penal colony in French Guiana.
After many weeks of planning, he managed to escape on a raft and sailed hundreds of miles to Colombia. He spent several months living happily in a fishing village -- with not one but two wives! -- but he was eventually picked up by the authorities and sent back to prison. He tried many other escape attempts, but it wasn't until 1941 that he managed to escape again by sea, floating away on a sack of coconuts. Yes, a sack of coconuts.
Papillon, a nickname referencing the French word for butterfly, is a wonderful storyteller and the book is filled with his adventures. I can understand why this book was a huge bestseller when it was published in 1969; it is compulsively readable and the stories are memorable. Like any great storyteller, the author comes across as so clever and heroic that you wonder how much is exaggerated, but you also don't care because you're enjoying it too much.
After many weeks of planning, he managed to escape on a raft and sailed hundreds of miles to Colombia. He spent several months living happily in a fishing village -- with not one but two wives! -- but he was eventually picked up by the authorities and sent back to prison. He tried many other escape attempts, but it wasn't until 1941 that he managed to escape again by sea, floating away on a sack of coconuts. Yes, a sack of coconuts.
Papillon, a nickname referencing the French word for butterfly, is a wonderful storyteller and the book is filled with his adventures. I can understand why this book was a huge bestseller when it was published in 1969; it is compulsively readable and the stories are memorable. Like any great storyteller, the author comes across as so clever and heroic that you wonder how much is exaggerated, but you also don't care because you're enjoying it too much.
August 3, 2016
I had a hard time to believe a lot of the stuff in this memoir and was hardly surprised when I read that a lot of it was actually invented or had in reality happened not to Charri猫re but to his inmates.
was interesting as a narrative novel transmitting a message about the French punitive system back at that time, but even though Charri猫re could almost get philisophical at times, I personally couldn't get myself to like him at all and the plot was repetitive.
Charri猫re seemed rather full of himself and the moment he entered prison, he immediately got in contact with potential later break companions and planned out in his head who he would have to kill to get his revenge.
From there, everyone who disagreed with him in some way was evil and the rest of the world always seemed eager to help him escape. Too black and white for my taste.
You might very well enjoy this book as a work of fiction, but it was just not for me.
was interesting as a narrative novel transmitting a message about the French punitive system back at that time, but even though Charri猫re could almost get philisophical at times, I personally couldn't get myself to like him at all and the plot was repetitive.
Charri猫re seemed rather full of himself and the moment he entered prison, he immediately got in contact with potential later break companions and planned out in his head who he would have to kill to get his revenge.
From there, everyone who disagreed with him in some way was evil and the rest of the world always seemed eager to help him escape. Too black and white for my taste.
You might very well enjoy this book as a work of fiction, but it was just not for me.
May 18, 2023
A true tale of courage, perseverance and an unbreakable spirit!
Henri Charri猫re, born in France in 1906, was not a gentleman. In 1931, following a shadowy career in the Paris underworld spent in the company of safecrackers, thieves and prostitutes, he was convicted for a murder he always maintained he did not commit and sentenced to transportation and life imprisonment in the notorious penal camps located in French Guiana.
Charri猫re, determined to preserve his health, his sanity, his spirit and, indeed, even his capacity for enjoyment of life, under unimaginably deplorable conditions and suffering inhuman punishment and abuse, always maintained that he was only visiting the prison. He definitely had no intention of hanging around for long. Labelled as "dangerous" by the prison authorities, he was an incorrigible "escaper".
After serving a scant six weeks in French Guiana, Papillon (Charri猫re's nickname earned in the navy due to a magnificent butterfly tattoo on his chest) escaped for the first time completing an astonishing sea-faring voyage worthy of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Without benefit of either maps or compass, Papillon navigated a thousand miles through shark-infested waters in an open boat to Colombia. With the assistance of a leper colony, he ultimately found his way to a native village tribe where he "married" not one but two young native girls who positively adored him and bore his children.
But life was not yet finished with Papillon. Recaptured, he was cruelly sentenced to two years of solitary confinement and a starvation diet which was intended to break both his body and his spirit. It's difficult to believe but, when Papillon was released to the general prison population, he remained all the more determined to escape once again.
PAPILLON tells the story of seven more daring but unsuccessful attempts. His ninth and final attempt on a raft of coconuts enclosed in a jute bag is described in breathless detail and has to count as one of the most exciting stories of adventure and endurance that I've ever been privileged to read.
How much of Charri猫re's autobiography PAPILLON is hyperbole and how much is fact is certainly not clear. Some have accused Charri猫re of stealing the adventures of his fellow inmates and representing them as his own. But, to the breathless reader, none of this will matter. Incorporating themes reminiscent of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, PAPILLON has to count as one of the most exciting stories of adventure and survival that I've ever read.
Be warned! Don't crack the binding on PAPILLON unless you've got the time to finish it. Setting it down until Papillon successfully reaches the safety of the shores of Venezuala will not be an option.
PAPILLON was a sensation when it was first published in 1969 and it remains sensational to this day. Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
Henri Charri猫re, born in France in 1906, was not a gentleman. In 1931, following a shadowy career in the Paris underworld spent in the company of safecrackers, thieves and prostitutes, he was convicted for a murder he always maintained he did not commit and sentenced to transportation and life imprisonment in the notorious penal camps located in French Guiana.
Charri猫re, determined to preserve his health, his sanity, his spirit and, indeed, even his capacity for enjoyment of life, under unimaginably deplorable conditions and suffering inhuman punishment and abuse, always maintained that he was only visiting the prison. He definitely had no intention of hanging around for long. Labelled as "dangerous" by the prison authorities, he was an incorrigible "escaper".
After serving a scant six weeks in French Guiana, Papillon (Charri猫re's nickname earned in the navy due to a magnificent butterfly tattoo on his chest) escaped for the first time completing an astonishing sea-faring voyage worthy of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Without benefit of either maps or compass, Papillon navigated a thousand miles through shark-infested waters in an open boat to Colombia. With the assistance of a leper colony, he ultimately found his way to a native village tribe where he "married" not one but two young native girls who positively adored him and bore his children.
But life was not yet finished with Papillon. Recaptured, he was cruelly sentenced to two years of solitary confinement and a starvation diet which was intended to break both his body and his spirit. It's difficult to believe but, when Papillon was released to the general prison population, he remained all the more determined to escape once again.
PAPILLON tells the story of seven more daring but unsuccessful attempts. His ninth and final attempt on a raft of coconuts enclosed in a jute bag is described in breathless detail and has to count as one of the most exciting stories of adventure and endurance that I've ever been privileged to read.
How much of Charri猫re's autobiography PAPILLON is hyperbole and how much is fact is certainly not clear. Some have accused Charri猫re of stealing the adventures of his fellow inmates and representing them as his own. But, to the breathless reader, none of this will matter. Incorporating themes reminiscent of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, PAPILLON has to count as one of the most exciting stories of adventure and survival that I've ever read.
Be warned! Don't crack the binding on PAPILLON unless you've got the time to finish it. Setting it down until Papillon successfully reaches the safety of the shores of Venezuala will not be an option.
PAPILLON was a sensation when it was first published in 1969 and it remains sensational to this day. Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
March 16, 2017
"Papillon" este cel mai captivant roman de aventur膬 citit vreodat膬.
Autobiografie roman葲at膬 fiind, autorul ne spune c膬 a fost condamnat la 卯nchisoare de c膬tre curtea cu juri. La 卯nceputul secolului XX, 卯n Fran葲a colonialista, oamenii f膬cu葲i vinova葲i de delicte grave, erau trimi葯i la ocn膬 卯n teritorii 卯ndep膬rtate (Guyana francez膬, 卯n cazul de fa葲膬, "un loc din care nimeni nu a ie葯it vreodat膬 viu"). El, autorul, ne m膬rturise葯te c膬, de葯i 卯n tinere葲e a fost un golan, a fost condamnat la 卯nchisoare pe nedrept, deoarece nu a s膬v芒r葯it niciun delict (dar -repet- este AUTOBIOGRAFIE).
Ajuns 卯n 卯nchisoare, primul lucru care-i 卯ncol葲e葯te 卯n minte este evadarea. Toate inchisoarile de maxim膬 siguran葲膬 fiind, se 卯n葲elege c膬 planurile sale -de葯i absolut geniale- 卯nt芒mpin膬 greut膬葲i 葯i dau gre葯. Dac膬 reu葯e葯te s膬 evadeze din spitalul unei 卯nchisori (pref膬c芒ndu-se c膬 era bolnav), este 卯nh膬葲at 卯n timp ce 卯葯i construie葯te luntrea de evadare, 卯n cimitir.
Apar, de asemenea, diferite personaje de diferite na葲ii cu diferite caractere 葯i diferite stiluri de via葲膬.
Unul din miile de detalii ar fi acela conform c膬ruia de葲inu葲ii care primeau bani din exterior erau nevoi葲i s膬 uzeze de diferite mijloace pentru a-i pune 卯n siguran葲膬. Papillon al nostru (da -uitasem s膬 men葲ionez- Papillon este porecla autorului) folose葯te o metod膬 destul de des 卯nt芒lnit膬 卯n a dou膬 jum膬tate a secolului XX: pune banii 卯ntr-un tub de dimensiuni mici 葯i 葯i-l bag膬 卯n anus (deci nu mai are dimensiuni mici, ci considerabile :D).
Cred c膬 elaboreaz膬 vreo 15-20 de planuri de evadare, fiind transferat -din pricina e葯u膬rii lor- la diferite 卯nchisori mai aspre. A fost 葯i la Recluziune (un fel de carcer膬 a timpurilor moderne, numai c膬 muuuuuuuuuult mai aspr膬) unde Papillon al nostru a stat 卯n dou膬 r芒nduri (c芒nd spun c膬 a stat, vorbesc 卯n ani :) ).
Replici de genul "m膬 simt st芒njenit s膬 vorbesc despre asta..." 卯n mijlocul confesiunii sale l膬untrice denot膬 faptul c膬, dac膬 a ascuns anumite detalii, nu le-a ascuns pe toate. Ba chiar, 卯n tot eroismul s膬u descris 卯n roman, introduce pe alocuri fapte mai pu葲in "onorabile".
Dar uite c膬 卯i reu葯e葯te un plan de evadare...
Ajunge 卯n Venezuela unde este primit cu c膬ldur膬 (av芒nd 卯n vedere rela葲iile politice din contextul respectiv 葯i ostilitatea dintre marile imperii).
Cunosc芒nd 葯i Fran葲a, coloniile franceze, dar 葯i Venezuela (un popor s膬rac din punct de vedere material, dar bogat cu duhul), Henri Charriere ne poveste葯te cum -prin prisma lui- popoarele a葯a-zis civilizate sunt net inferioare rudimentarismului: "Ace葯ti pescari aproape analfabe葲i din gloful Paria, la cap膬tul lumii, pierdu葲i 卯n acel imens estuar al Orenocului, au un umanism filosofic care lipse葯te multora dintre compatrio葲ii no葯tri. Prea mult progres mecanic, o via葲膬 agitat膬, o societate 卯nsufle葲it膬 de un singur ideal: noi inven葲ii, o via葲膬 tot mai lesnicioas膬 葯i mai 卯ndestulat膬. Tot savur芒nd descoperirile 葯tiin葲ifice a葯a cum lingi un 葯erbet, devii 卯nsetat de un confort tot mai des膬v芒r葯it 葯i lup葲i f膬r膬 卯ncetare s膬-l ob葲ii. Toate acestea ucid sufletul, mila, 卯n葲elegerea, m膬rinimia."
Andrei Tama艧,
28 august 2015
Autobiografie roman葲at膬 fiind, autorul ne spune c膬 a fost condamnat la 卯nchisoare de c膬tre curtea cu juri. La 卯nceputul secolului XX, 卯n Fran葲a colonialista, oamenii f膬cu葲i vinova葲i de delicte grave, erau trimi葯i la ocn膬 卯n teritorii 卯ndep膬rtate (Guyana francez膬, 卯n cazul de fa葲膬, "un loc din care nimeni nu a ie葯it vreodat膬 viu"). El, autorul, ne m膬rturise葯te c膬, de葯i 卯n tinere葲e a fost un golan, a fost condamnat la 卯nchisoare pe nedrept, deoarece nu a s膬v芒r葯it niciun delict (dar -repet- este AUTOBIOGRAFIE).
Ajuns 卯n 卯nchisoare, primul lucru care-i 卯ncol葲e葯te 卯n minte este evadarea. Toate inchisoarile de maxim膬 siguran葲膬 fiind, se 卯n葲elege c膬 planurile sale -de葯i absolut geniale- 卯nt芒mpin膬 greut膬葲i 葯i dau gre葯. Dac膬 reu葯e葯te s膬 evadeze din spitalul unei 卯nchisori (pref膬c芒ndu-se c膬 era bolnav), este 卯nh膬葲at 卯n timp ce 卯葯i construie葯te luntrea de evadare, 卯n cimitir.
Apar, de asemenea, diferite personaje de diferite na葲ii cu diferite caractere 葯i diferite stiluri de via葲膬.
Unul din miile de detalii ar fi acela conform c膬ruia de葲inu葲ii care primeau bani din exterior erau nevoi葲i s膬 uzeze de diferite mijloace pentru a-i pune 卯n siguran葲膬. Papillon al nostru (da -uitasem s膬 men葲ionez- Papillon este porecla autorului) folose葯te o metod膬 destul de des 卯nt芒lnit膬 卯n a dou膬 jum膬tate a secolului XX: pune banii 卯ntr-un tub de dimensiuni mici 葯i 葯i-l bag膬 卯n anus (deci nu mai are dimensiuni mici, ci considerabile :D).
Cred c膬 elaboreaz膬 vreo 15-20 de planuri de evadare, fiind transferat -din pricina e葯u膬rii lor- la diferite 卯nchisori mai aspre. A fost 葯i la Recluziune (un fel de carcer膬 a timpurilor moderne, numai c膬 muuuuuuuuuult mai aspr膬) unde Papillon al nostru a stat 卯n dou膬 r芒nduri (c芒nd spun c膬 a stat, vorbesc 卯n ani :) ).
Replici de genul "m膬 simt st芒njenit s膬 vorbesc despre asta..." 卯n mijlocul confesiunii sale l膬untrice denot膬 faptul c膬, dac膬 a ascuns anumite detalii, nu le-a ascuns pe toate. Ba chiar, 卯n tot eroismul s膬u descris 卯n roman, introduce pe alocuri fapte mai pu葲in "onorabile".
Dar uite c膬 卯i reu葯e葯te un plan de evadare...
Ajunge 卯n Venezuela unde este primit cu c膬ldur膬 (av芒nd 卯n vedere rela葲iile politice din contextul respectiv 葯i ostilitatea dintre marile imperii).
Cunosc芒nd 葯i Fran葲a, coloniile franceze, dar 葯i Venezuela (un popor s膬rac din punct de vedere material, dar bogat cu duhul), Henri Charriere ne poveste葯te cum -prin prisma lui- popoarele a葯a-zis civilizate sunt net inferioare rudimentarismului: "Ace葯ti pescari aproape analfabe葲i din gloful Paria, la cap膬tul lumii, pierdu葲i 卯n acel imens estuar al Orenocului, au un umanism filosofic care lipse葯te multora dintre compatrio葲ii no葯tri. Prea mult progres mecanic, o via葲膬 agitat膬, o societate 卯nsufle葲it膬 de un singur ideal: noi inven葲ii, o via葲膬 tot mai lesnicioas膬 葯i mai 卯ndestulat膬. Tot savur芒nd descoperirile 葯tiin葲ifice a葯a cum lingi un 葯erbet, devii 卯nsetat de un confort tot mai des膬v芒r葯it 葯i lup葲i f膬r膬 卯ncetare s膬-l ob葲ii. Toate acestea ucid sufletul, mila, 卯n葲elegerea, m膬rinimia."
Andrei Tama艧,
28 august 2015
August 6, 2016
I don't care if this book wasn't a 100% factual, honest-to-God documentary account of what actually happened to this guy - it was a magnificent adventure novel, full of blood and drama and action. From what I can tell, Charri猫re cobbled the narrative out of his own experiences as a prisoner in the pitiless camps of 1930s French Guyana, plus the stories of a few camp-mates, plus his own dramatic license, emerging with a masterpiece. There were many moments where the story is less than totally plausible (if you created a drinking game where you took a shot each time a beautiful woman befriended him out of the blue, or people started doing favors for him for no reason, or an important official preposterously took him into their trust, you would be dead drunk inside of three chapters), and yet Charri猫re crafted a completely absorbing tropical world of hardened criminals, miserable wretches, forbidding prisons, thrilling escapes, and all-around awesome displays of survival.
I think my favorite part, out of a lot of great parts, was Papillon's moment of agonizing choice about a third of the way in, between staying in his beautiful Venezuelan paradise with his two new-found native wives, and returning to seek "vengeance" on what he thinks is the unjust society that shipped him halfway across the world to rot in a jungle charnel house. He idiotically chooses to leave this blissful native paradise, but even when I was cursing him for being a fool I thought his reflections on the differences between the "civilized" European culture who'd condemned him and the indigenous cultures who'd adopted him were well-written and interesting in the light of the complicated relationship Western countries have had with their colonies. The French, while not exactly angels, were often more willing than their neighbors the Spanish and the British to go native and peacefully blend into the various cultures who inhabited their colonies.
While I think he overdid the Noble Savage trope a little bit, in terms of the story it makes the protagonist the perfect lone wolf badass who's as at home charming the well-to-do wives of the colonial administrators as he is getting laid with the daughters of whatever tribal chieftains he runs into. Another one of my favorite parts was his first experience in solitary at Devil's Island - I've read other books with prison scenes in them, but his description of the soul-crushing loneliness it engenders is one of the best, and was surely the prototype for countless others. And of course all his various escape attempts are amazing too, but every part of the book can't be your favorite, that's like having dessert for every meal, something only a child would do. This book hit me squarely on that kind of undiluted childish pleasure level. I wish I'd read it when I was twelve, it would have been the perfect companion to The Count of Monte Cristo and Robinson Crusoe. Now to go track down the movie!
I think my favorite part, out of a lot of great parts, was Papillon's moment of agonizing choice about a third of the way in, between staying in his beautiful Venezuelan paradise with his two new-found native wives, and returning to seek "vengeance" on what he thinks is the unjust society that shipped him halfway across the world to rot in a jungle charnel house. He idiotically chooses to leave this blissful native paradise, but even when I was cursing him for being a fool I thought his reflections on the differences between the "civilized" European culture who'd condemned him and the indigenous cultures who'd adopted him were well-written and interesting in the light of the complicated relationship Western countries have had with their colonies. The French, while not exactly angels, were often more willing than their neighbors the Spanish and the British to go native and peacefully blend into the various cultures who inhabited their colonies.
While I think he overdid the Noble Savage trope a little bit, in terms of the story it makes the protagonist the perfect lone wolf badass who's as at home charming the well-to-do wives of the colonial administrators as he is getting laid with the daughters of whatever tribal chieftains he runs into. Another one of my favorite parts was his first experience in solitary at Devil's Island - I've read other books with prison scenes in them, but his description of the soul-crushing loneliness it engenders is one of the best, and was surely the prototype for countless others. And of course all his various escape attempts are amazing too, but every part of the book can't be your favorite, that's like having dessert for every meal, something only a child would do. This book hit me squarely on that kind of undiluted childish pleasure level. I wish I'd read it when I was twelve, it would have been the perfect companion to The Count of Monte Cristo and Robinson Crusoe. Now to go track down the movie!
February 14, 2019
I wavered a bit on my 4* rating but in the end I decided it's such a great adventure that I'm sure I won't forget - so four stars it is. I've seen in other review there is some question in the authenticity, (and I did think that some of Papillon's adventures were over-the-top, especially making it so far in the sea on coconuts!) but I guess I don't care because it is great storytelling. I do think some of the book is a bit repetitive and a bit long but overall I really enjoyed it. Now I really have to watch the movie (I want to see the original and then the remake).
April 26, 2020
I saved this book from the discard pile, from one of the school libraries I worked in while living in Indiana.
This story was even better the second time around. I am glad I reread it.
This story was even better the second time around. I am glad I reread it.
January 6, 2016
Description: Henri Charri猫re, called "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.
Charri猫re's astonishing autobiography, "Papillon," was 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.
Lordy, how much this reminds me of my youth and how convinced at one point that this was a mirror of the Dreyfus Affair. 
The ruins of the prison on 脦le Royale - French Guiana
the island
January 16, 2018
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倬丕倬蹖賵賳 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 丿賵爻鬲 夭賳丿丕賳蹖鈥屫ж� 爻蹖賱賵賳 亘乇丕蹖 丌禺乇蹖賳 亘丕乇 鬲賳 亘賴 丌亘 賲蹖鈥屫操嗀�. 爻蹖賱賵賳 丿乇 趩賳丿 賯丿賲蹖 丌夭丕丿蹖 丿乇 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 睾乇賯 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 倬丕倬蹖賵賳 丌夭丕丿蹖鈥屫ж� 乇丕 亘丿爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫①堌必� 賵 趩賳蹖賳 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲蹖 趩賯丿乇 卮亘蹖賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 賮蹖賱賲/讴鬲丕亘 倬乇賵丕夭 亘乇 賮乇丕夭 丌卮蹖丕賳賴鈥屰� 賮丕禺鬲賴 亘賵丿 賵 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 賲讴 賲賵乇賮蹖 賵 賲乇丿 爻乇禺倬賵爻鬲 : 蹖讴蹖 倬乇蹖丿 乇賵 亘賴 禺丕賵乇丕賳 貙 蹖讴蹖 倬乇蹖丿 乇賵 亘賴 亘丕禺鬲乇貙 蹖讴蹖 亘賴 乇賵蹖 丌卮蹖賵賳 賮丕禺鬲賴 讴卮蹖丿 倬乇
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亘丕 賲賳 亘诏賵
趩诏賵賳赖
卮胤 睾賳丕蹖 賲囟胤乇亘賲 乇丕
爻丕賱賲 毓亘賵乇 丿賴賲
鬲丕 鬲賵
亘丕 丕夭丿丨丕賲 丕蹖賳鈥屬囐呝� 卮賳鈥屫藏ж� 賵 卮賵乇賴鈥屫藏ж必� 丕蹖 丿乇蹖丕
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May 1, 2019
賲卮讴賱賴 讴鬲丕亘 賵 丌賯丕蹖 賴丕賳乇蹖 卮丕乇蹖乇 丿乇 丨噩賲 丕賳亘賵賴 丕睾乇丕賯蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賵 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 賴丕蹖 禺賵丿 賲蹖 诏賴 .
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趩賵賳 賲毓賲賵賱丕 讴鬲丕亘 倬丕倬蹖賵賳 亘丕 賮蹖賱賲卮 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖卮賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 賮蹖賱賲 丿丕乇丕蹖 丕孬乇诏匕丕乇蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 賴爻鬲
丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 爻丕亘賯賴 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丿乇 賴丿丕蹖鬲 賯丕蹖賯 賳丿丕乇賴 賳賴 鬲賳賴丕 賲孬賱賴 賲賱賵丕賳蹖 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 賴爻鬲 亘賱讴賴 丕蹖賳 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 乇賵 賴賲 丿丕乇賴 讴賴 亘丕 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿賳 亘賴 爻鬲丕乇诏丕賳 丌爻賲丕賳 賲爻蹖乇 蹖丕亘蹖 讴賳賴
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 鬲賵賳爻鬲賴 丕夭 賳賯卮賴 賲丕 亘賯蹖 夭賳丿丕賳蹖賴丕 讴賲 讴乇丿賴 賵 亘賴 賲丕蹖賴 禺賵丿 丕囟丕賮賴 讴乇丿賴 . 毓賲賱丕 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴 睾蹖乇 丕夭 禺賵丿 讴賴 賳賯卮賴 乇丕賴賳賲丕蹖 毓丿賴 丕蹖 賳丕亘蹖賳丕 乇賵 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賴 貙 亘賯蹖賴 亘賴 賲賳夭賱賴 氐賮乇 賴爻鬲賳 賵 賮賯胤 丿賳亘丕賱賴 乇賵蹖 噩賳丕亘 倬丕倬蹖賵賳
趩賵賳 賲毓賲賵賱丕 讴鬲丕亘 倬丕倬蹖賵賳 亘丕 賮蹖賱賲卮 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖卮賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 賮蹖賱賲 丿丕乇丕蹖 丕孬乇诏匕丕乇蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 賴爻鬲
December 8, 2006
This book is incredible. It is the TRUE story of a prison break from a penal colony in French Guiana which was later made into a movie with Steve McQueen--another of my favorites. If you liked Shawshank, you'll love Papillon.
Henri Charrier, called Papillon for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 for a murder he did not convict and was shipped off to French Guiana. It takes years and several failed attempts for Papillion to escape in this nail-biting story of amazing courage.
The book has it all, sex (for a while Papillion has two Indian wives who are sisters), drugs and a little metaphorical rock and roll. I can't recommend it enough.
Charriere wrote his autobiography in 1968, twenty years after he escaped.
Henri Charrier, called Papillon for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 for a murder he did not convict and was shipped off to French Guiana. It takes years and several failed attempts for Papillion to escape in this nail-biting story of amazing courage.
The book has it all, sex (for a while Papillion has two Indian wives who are sisters), drugs and a little metaphorical rock and roll. I can't recommend it enough.
Charriere wrote his autobiography in 1968, twenty years after he escaped.
January 18, 2019
Fluturele niciodat膬 nu-葯i pierde aripile. A葯 vrea s膬 spun 鈥瀢ow鈥�, dar nu este suficient. Am nevoie de c芒teva zile ca s膬 卯mi adun g芒ndurile. 葮i lacrimile, pentru c膬 nu au fost pu葲ine.
August 29, 2007
Papillon was an enjoyable enough summer read; it was just a little hard to suspend my disbelief at times for a supposedly nonfiction endeavor. I was unsurprised to see in my post-reading research that large portions the story were disputed and that several of Charriere's fellow inmates have claimed over the years that he incorporated the experiences of other would-be escapees and presented them as his own story. I guess this book was a precursor of sorts to A Million Little Pieces in that both are perfectly good stories that would go down a lot smoother were they not presented as fact.
I would like to re-read this book soon knowing what I know now, and just accept the story as a communal history of the penal colony prisoners, with Papi as the proxy for several inmates' experiences.
I would like to re-read this book soon knowing what I know now, and just accept the story as a communal history of the penal colony prisoners, with Papi as the proxy for several inmates' experiences.
May 22, 2016
It's been a while since I cried "uncle" but today I had to do it again. In the past several years I have suffered through William Gibson's Spook Country AND - yes, I believe I may be a glutton for punishment - Zero History (a novel about...jeans?). I did my best to stay awake through Kazuo Ishiguro's galactically dull Never Let Me Go (but please, I do so want to let you go). I forced my way through The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (next time, YOU take it). Waded through Wicked, clumped through The Client, I even managed not to "put down" The Horse Whisperer (Get it? "Horse"..."put down"...? OK, I apologize for that one). It was over 10 years ago that I last gave up on a book, and I think it was Evan S Connell's Son of the Morning Star which was actually very well researched but just so disorganized that I couldn't get through it. And now I have to dump Papillon by Henri Charriere, a grand exaggeration (according to online accounts including wikipedia) of a wildly egotistical, "wrongly convicted" French guy who escapes prison several times using money that he has hidden from guards (think: Christopher Walken in Pulp Fiction, although I realize that Papillon came first), in order to one day write a meandering memoir full of his bafflingly bloated tall tales which would be made into a movie starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. I understand that, as the story proceeds, Papillon finds ways to celebrate life as he endures various miseries. After suffering through about 100 pages I suddenly realized: I AM PAPILLON, and I am imprisoned in this book, and I need to escape! So there it goes, into the DNF pile, along with Shackelton's South, and Scottoline's Moment of Truth and Crichton's Electronic Life. I leave you with these words of wisdom: "It's as easy as that to drop the chains you've been dragging...'From this moment on you're free.'" - Papillon.
June 26, 2007
Its my favorite book till date. One word for it - WOW..Its just amazing and the way the author has described the life of a man in the prisons is amazing. Its wonderful how he tells this man's story spanning so many years. I saw this movie as a kid..I must be very young then maybe class 5 or younger..and ever since then I had a desire in me to read this book whenever I get a chance.
Papillon means butterfly and it symbolises the protagonists' desire to get free from the clutches of jail. The vivid description is just too good to miss and the book too good to be put down.
I also like it because I am great fan of escape stories, prison accounts, prisoner of war and other war stories.
Papillon means butterfly and it symbolises the protagonists' desire to get free from the clutches of jail. The vivid description is just too good to miss and the book too good to be put down.
I also like it because I am great fan of escape stories, prison accounts, prisoner of war and other war stories.
June 26, 2015
16/6 - Knowing nothing about this book or Charri猫re, only knowing the word papillon and it's English translation through the fact that there's a dog breed that's called papillon because the dog's fluffy ears (vaguely) resemble a butterfly's wings, I picked this up off the 'new and recently returned' shelf because the blurb on the back described it as "A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure". And 'adventure' sounded like the right genre for me at that moment in time. I read the translator's introduction last night and I'm looking forward to reading a big chunk of it tonight. To be continued...
19/6 - I don't recommend reading this book if you have a strong sense of injustice, you may get the near-uncontrollable need to stab something. I like to midnight-snack while I do my nightly reading and in a number of places over the last hundred pages I found myself rage-eating my chips - just shovelling them in, too angry with the injustice of Henri's situation to enjoy them. Usually I eat them slowly, one or two per page, savouring them so that I don't accidentally eat a whole bag in one night, something which I could easily have done while reading this book last night. To be continued...
Later - I'm a bit disappointed with Charri猫re's description of his encounter with the lepers. He talks about a man who hands him a cup of coffee and then exclaims "Oh, where's my finger gone?". Henri finds it stuck to the outside of his cup and hands it back to him. According to Wikipedia this sequence is impossible, leprosy, despite all the old wives' tales, does not lead to body parts falling off here, there and everywhere. This next passage is taken straight from Wikipedia's page on leprosy
"Initially, infections are without symptoms and typically remain this way for 5 to as long as 20 years. Symptoms that develop include granulomas (loosely described as 'a small nodule') of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This may result in a lack of ability to feel pain and thus loss of parts of extremities due to repeated injuries. Weakness and poor eyesight may also be present.
To reiterate, the loss of body parts happens because of repeated injuries to these body parts, which have become numbed due to granulomas of the nerves. There is no "Oh, my finger just fell off.", it's more like "Oops, I just accidentally chopped my finger off while chopping the carrots, but due to the granulomas it doesn't actually hurt." Below is a second passage taken straight from Wikipedia rephrasing what I've just written, only coming from a more official source.
"Leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions (light or dark patches) are the primary external sign. If untreated, leprosy can progress and cause permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs, and eyes. Contrary to folklore, leprosy does not cause body parts to fall off, although they can become numb or diseased as a result of secondary infections; these occur as a result of the body's defences being compromised by the primary disease. Secondary infections, in turn, can result in tissue loss causing fingers and toes to become shortened and deformed, as cartilage is absorbed into the body."
So, therefore that part of the scene must be a figment of Charri猫re's imagination as that man's finger cannot have just come off without some kind of trauma happening to it first. Silly little exaggerations (possibly playing to the public's horrified fascination with the disease and the people who suffer from it) like that could lead to a reader doubting half of what Charri猫re has written in this book (some of it is pretty fantastical). I don't like feeling that what Charri猫re has written isn't completely true. I want it all to be true, not because I want anyone to have been through what Charri猫re went through (and I'm only 21% of the way through), but because I want to know that it's not all made up. That his main motive for writing this tale of injustice wasn't to make a pile of cash, but to let the world know of what he went through. To be continued...
20/6 - Why oh why, Henri, did you leave those lovely Goajira 'Indians'? You had everything you needed, not one but two loving wives both pregnant with your child (not a comment on the fact that one of the wives was not much more than 12, or that the two girls were sisters, just a comment on what he had and what he left behind); you had a community who accepted and revered you. You had an idyllic island paradise life, what more could you want? Deciding not to go back for revenge doesn't make you weak, it just means you've found something more important, something worth living for, which you didn't have when you first visualised getting your revenge on all the people who were involved in your imprisonment. Now look what's happened, you've been recaptured and as you pointed out that mistake will cost you seven years of your life. Imagine how your life could have gone if you had just stayed with Lali and Zoraima. To be continued...
24/6 - This is such a dense book! There are so many words per page, with so few paragraphs that it's really slowing down my normal reading speed. Normally, when I'm enjoying a book as much as I'm enjoying this one I look down and am amazed to have read 50 pages in half an hour, with this book I look down and find I've only read 10 pages. Like I said, I'm enjoying the story, but I don't want to be reading it for the rest of my life, I do have other books that I want to get to that I may well enjoy even more than this (plus library due dates are looming). To be continued...
25/6 - Deceptions and misleading blurbs are the name of the day today. First it turns out that GR has been fudging the page count, it's not 688 as I was originally led to believe it's 560 followed by numerous pages of 'extras' including an 'exclusive essay by Howard Marks'. I think I'm pleased that I've only got 120 pages to go instead of 240 as I'm feeling the pressure from my other books' library due dates and this really is taking a long while to read.
The blurb on the back of my book reads as follows:
"Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charri猫re, known as Papillon, was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. Recaptured, his spirit remained untamed - in thirteen years he made nine amazingly daring escapes, including one from the notorious Devil's Island.
An immediate sensation upon its 1969 publication, Papillon is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told, a true tale of courage, resilience and an unbreakable will."
"...Nine amazingly daring escapes..." That is a very misleading statement. From what the blurb says I was expecting Papillon to escape (by which I mean, and thought everyone else meant, leave his jail/cage/penal colony for at least 24 hours before being recaptured) on nine different occasions. What the blurb really means is that he attempts to escape nine times, he only succeeds twice, the first attempt when he managed to stay out for 11 months and the final, which I'm currently in the middle of. To be continued...
26/6 - Finally finished it! *relieved sigh* I've currently got this shelved as an autobiography/biography, but I hesitate to leave it there. Modern researchers don't believe Charri猫re's continual claims of complete honesty regarding his book. They now say that it's very likely the book is a combination of other inmate's adventures and Charri猫re's imagination. According to all available records Charri猫re never spent any time on Devil's Island, and like with the leprosy situation I described above he got a number of pertinent details regarding the geography of Devil's Island wrong (he describes the shore of the island as rocky, when in fact it is a gently sloping sand beach, it's not like that's something that he could 'forget'). A French journalist maintains that only "10% of Papillon represents the truth".
Learning that a book like this is pretty much just a well-imagined adventure story in the vein of Robinson Crusoe or Treasure Island takes a bit of the shine off story. It's no longer as fantastically amazing because it's not real. I went into the reading of this book believing that it was a true story and I am certainly disappointed to come to the conclusion that there's very little truth to be found anywhere in the book. After reading all that back to check for errors before posting I realise that I can't leave it on the autobiography/biography shelf, I know it's not one so it doesn't belong next to my biographies of Katherine Parr or Jamie Oliver. It's moving to the historical fiction shelf.
19/6 - I don't recommend reading this book if you have a strong sense of injustice, you may get the near-uncontrollable need to stab something. I like to midnight-snack while I do my nightly reading and in a number of places over the last hundred pages I found myself rage-eating my chips - just shovelling them in, too angry with the injustice of Henri's situation to enjoy them. Usually I eat them slowly, one or two per page, savouring them so that I don't accidentally eat a whole bag in one night, something which I could easily have done while reading this book last night. To be continued...
Later - I'm a bit disappointed with Charri猫re's description of his encounter with the lepers. He talks about a man who hands him a cup of coffee and then exclaims "Oh, where's my finger gone?". Henri finds it stuck to the outside of his cup and hands it back to him. According to Wikipedia this sequence is impossible, leprosy, despite all the old wives' tales, does not lead to body parts falling off here, there and everywhere. This next passage is taken straight from Wikipedia's page on leprosy
"Initially, infections are without symptoms and typically remain this way for 5 to as long as 20 years. Symptoms that develop include granulomas (loosely described as 'a small nodule') of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This may result in a lack of ability to feel pain and thus loss of parts of extremities due to repeated injuries. Weakness and poor eyesight may also be present.
To reiterate, the loss of body parts happens because of repeated injuries to these body parts, which have become numbed due to granulomas of the nerves. There is no "Oh, my finger just fell off.", it's more like "Oops, I just accidentally chopped my finger off while chopping the carrots, but due to the granulomas it doesn't actually hurt." Below is a second passage taken straight from Wikipedia rephrasing what I've just written, only coming from a more official source.
"Leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions (light or dark patches) are the primary external sign. If untreated, leprosy can progress and cause permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs, and eyes. Contrary to folklore, leprosy does not cause body parts to fall off, although they can become numb or diseased as a result of secondary infections; these occur as a result of the body's defences being compromised by the primary disease. Secondary infections, in turn, can result in tissue loss causing fingers and toes to become shortened and deformed, as cartilage is absorbed into the body."
So, therefore that part of the scene must be a figment of Charri猫re's imagination as that man's finger cannot have just come off without some kind of trauma happening to it first. Silly little exaggerations (possibly playing to the public's horrified fascination with the disease and the people who suffer from it) like that could lead to a reader doubting half of what Charri猫re has written in this book (some of it is pretty fantastical). I don't like feeling that what Charri猫re has written isn't completely true. I want it all to be true, not because I want anyone to have been through what Charri猫re went through (and I'm only 21% of the way through), but because I want to know that it's not all made up. That his main motive for writing this tale of injustice wasn't to make a pile of cash, but to let the world know of what he went through. To be continued...
20/6 - Why oh why, Henri, did you leave those lovely Goajira 'Indians'? You had everything you needed, not one but two loving wives both pregnant with your child (not a comment on the fact that one of the wives was not much more than 12, or that the two girls were sisters, just a comment on what he had and what he left behind); you had a community who accepted and revered you. You had an idyllic island paradise life, what more could you want? Deciding not to go back for revenge doesn't make you weak, it just means you've found something more important, something worth living for, which you didn't have when you first visualised getting your revenge on all the people who were involved in your imprisonment. Now look what's happened, you've been recaptured and as you pointed out that mistake will cost you seven years of your life. Imagine how your life could have gone if you had just stayed with Lali and Zoraima. To be continued...
24/6 - This is such a dense book! There are so many words per page, with so few paragraphs that it's really slowing down my normal reading speed. Normally, when I'm enjoying a book as much as I'm enjoying this one I look down and am amazed to have read 50 pages in half an hour, with this book I look down and find I've only read 10 pages. Like I said, I'm enjoying the story, but I don't want to be reading it for the rest of my life, I do have other books that I want to get to that I may well enjoy even more than this (plus library due dates are looming). To be continued...
25/6 - Deceptions and misleading blurbs are the name of the day today. First it turns out that GR has been fudging the page count, it's not 688 as I was originally led to believe it's 560 followed by numerous pages of 'extras' including an 'exclusive essay by Howard Marks'. I think I'm pleased that I've only got 120 pages to go instead of 240 as I'm feeling the pressure from my other books' library due dates and this really is taking a long while to read.
The blurb on the back of my book reads as follows:
"Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charri猫re, known as Papillon, was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. Recaptured, his spirit remained untamed - in thirteen years he made nine amazingly daring escapes, including one from the notorious Devil's Island.
An immediate sensation upon its 1969 publication, Papillon is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told, a true tale of courage, resilience and an unbreakable will."
"...Nine amazingly daring escapes..." That is a very misleading statement. From what the blurb says I was expecting Papillon to escape (by which I mean, and thought everyone else meant, leave his jail/cage/penal colony for at least 24 hours before being recaptured) on nine different occasions. What the blurb really means is that he attempts to escape nine times, he only succeeds twice, the first attempt when he managed to stay out for 11 months and the final, which I'm currently in the middle of. To be continued...
26/6 - Finally finished it! *relieved sigh* I've currently got this shelved as an autobiography/biography, but I hesitate to leave it there. Modern researchers don't believe Charri猫re's continual claims of complete honesty regarding his book. They now say that it's very likely the book is a combination of other inmate's adventures and Charri猫re's imagination. According to all available records Charri猫re never spent any time on Devil's Island, and like with the leprosy situation I described above he got a number of pertinent details regarding the geography of Devil's Island wrong (he describes the shore of the island as rocky, when in fact it is a gently sloping sand beach, it's not like that's something that he could 'forget'). A French journalist maintains that only "10% of Papillon represents the truth".
Learning that a book like this is pretty much just a well-imagined adventure story in the vein of Robinson Crusoe or Treasure Island takes a bit of the shine off story. It's no longer as fantastically amazing because it's not real. I went into the reading of this book believing that it was a true story and I am certainly disappointed to come to the conclusion that there's very little truth to be found anywhere in the book. After reading all that back to check for errors before posting I realise that I can't leave it on the autobiography/biography shelf, I know it's not one so it doesn't belong next to my biographies of Katherine Parr or Jamie Oliver. It's moving to the historical fiction shelf.
January 3, 2012
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賱賯丿 卮丨賳賳賷 亘賰賲賷丞 賱丕 賷爻鬲賴丕賳 亘賴丕 賲賳 賯賵丞 丕賱廿乇丕丿丞
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January 18, 2022Bu kitab谋n insan谋 saran, g枚zleri bozana dek b谋rakmadan okuma hissi uyand谋ran atmosferinin yan谋 s谋ra; gerek olay ak谋艧谋n谋n i莽ine okuru hapsedi艧i, gerekse de yer yer kar艧谋m谋za 莽谋kan mizah anlay谋艧谋yla da romanc谋l谋k a莽谋s谋ndan iyi bir kitap oldu臒unu g枚steriyor bence.
陌nsan谋n do臒u艧tan iyi ve adaletli oldu臒u varsay谋m谋na inanan insanlar谋n g眉莽l眉kle okuyaca臒谋 kitab谋n sat谋r aralar谋nda insan莽ocu臒unun ger莽ek y眉z眉; toplumda in艧a edilen s枚zde adalet, k眉莽眉k insanlar谋n k眉莽眉k 莽谋kar 莽at谋艧malar谋 ve hesapla艧malar谋 da okunabilir.
Okumam谋n 眉zerinden ge莽en sekiz y谋la ra臒men bende hala g眉zel bir yeri olan, nadide bir kitap.
陌nsan谋n do臒u艧tan iyi ve adaletli oldu臒u varsay谋m谋na inanan insanlar谋n g眉莽l眉kle okuyaca臒谋 kitab谋n sat谋r aralar谋nda insan莽ocu臒unun ger莽ek y眉z眉; toplumda in艧a edilen s枚zde adalet, k眉莽眉k insanlar谋n k眉莽眉k 莽谋kar 莽at谋艧malar谋 ve hesapla艧malar谋 da okunabilir.
Okumam谋n 眉zerinden ge莽en sekiz y谋la ra臒men bende hala g眉zel bir yeri olan, nadide bir kitap.
February 10, 2020
I had read this many years ago, and of course I've seen the movie more than once. I mean the classic one with Steve McQueen (sigh) as Papillon. So I knew the story but while I was living in Mexico I found the sequel at a used book table at one of the regular book fairs in the main plaza in town.
I never knew there was a sequel so I got it but promised myself to read this first. It had been a very long time since I read Papillon and some of it I didn't remember at all. But I enjoyed the book and rooted for Papi every time he made an escape attempt.
However, I did get a little tired this time of the way he presented himself as knowing everything about everything, being smarter and tougher then anyone else in any prison, but at the same time being an honorable man. Maybe he was really was all of that, but by the end I was rolling my eyes a bit, and I just wanted him to get to that last big escape attempt and be done with it. This is why I changed my original four stars to three. I think I was influenced to four stars by the image of Steve McQueen (sigh) in my head the whole time I was reading.
Oh, Papillon was called that because of a butterfly tattoo that he said he had at the base of his neck. But he also had plenty of other tattoos:
"On the right side of my chest I had a guard from Calvi; on the left, the head of a woman; just above the waist a tiger's head; on my spine, a crucified sailor, and across the kidneys, a tiger hunt with hunters, palm trees, elephants and tigers."
(I looked up to see what the 'guard from Calvi' might have been: the coat of arms from the Calvi region of Corsica. A red cross on a white shield.)
In reading a bit more about the author, I saw that the educated opinion these days is that most of the book was fiction, a compilation of experiences that Papillon heard from other prisoners, not events he had gone through himself. I will let those educated people worry about that. The story itself is good, and sometimes that is all that matters.
I never knew there was a sequel so I got it but promised myself to read this first. It had been a very long time since I read Papillon and some of it I didn't remember at all. But I enjoyed the book and rooted for Papi every time he made an escape attempt.
However, I did get a little tired this time of the way he presented himself as knowing everything about everything, being smarter and tougher then anyone else in any prison, but at the same time being an honorable man. Maybe he was really was all of that, but by the end I was rolling my eyes a bit, and I just wanted him to get to that last big escape attempt and be done with it. This is why I changed my original four stars to three. I think I was influenced to four stars by the image of Steve McQueen (sigh) in my head the whole time I was reading.
Oh, Papillon was called that because of a butterfly tattoo that he said he had at the base of his neck. But he also had plenty of other tattoos:
"On the right side of my chest I had a guard from Calvi; on the left, the head of a woman; just above the waist a tiger's head; on my spine, a crucified sailor, and across the kidneys, a tiger hunt with hunters, palm trees, elephants and tigers."
(I looked up to see what the 'guard from Calvi' might have been: the coat of arms from the Calvi region of Corsica. A red cross on a white shield.)
In reading a bit more about the author, I saw that the educated opinion these days is that most of the book was fiction, a compilation of experiences that Papillon heard from other prisoners, not events he had gone through himself. I will let those educated people worry about that. The story itself is good, and sometimes that is all that matters.
April 5, 2021
O poveste fantastic膬. Imposibil s膬 te plictise葯ti pe parcursul celor peste 600 de pagini. Se 卯nt芒mpl膬 at芒t de multe lucruri 卯nc芒t 葲i se pare imposibil ca cineva s膬 tr膬iasc膬 toate astea 卯ntr-o singur膬 via葲膬. Dac膬 am 卯nv膬葲at ceva de la Papillon ar fi ca niciodat膬 s膬 nu te dai b膬tut indiferent de circumstan葲e, s膬 speri, s膬 g芒nde葯ti 葯i s膬 pui 卯n aplicare imposibilul. C芒t despre alegerea de a pleca de l芒ng膬 persoanele iubite dup膬 ce a sc膬pat din 鈥淚ad鈥� pentru a intra din nou 卯n 鈥淚nfern鈥� cred c膬 nimeni nu i-ar putea judeca alegerea cu adev膬rat. Cu toate c膬 to葲i am f膬cut-o 葯i probabil l-am 鈥渦r芒t鈥� pentru asta..
Aceast膬 carte, din punctul meu, este un 鈥渕ust-read鈥�..
Aceast膬 carte, din punctul meu, este un 鈥渕ust-read鈥�..
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