Papillon audiobook

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!!!

Papillon, Henri Charrière Henri Charrière (16 November 1906 – 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 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. ...تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1977 میلادیعنوان: پاپیون؛ اثر: هانری شایرر؛ مترجم: پرویز نقیبی؛ تهران، امیرکبیر، 1349، در 537ص؛ چاپ ششم 1396؛ در 688ص؛ شابک9789640018873؛ چاپ هفتم 1398؛ در 798ص؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان فرانسه - سده 20معنوان: پاپیون؛ اثر: هانری شایرر؛ مترجم: ه‍وش‍ن‍گ‌ ح‍اف‍ظی‌پ‍ور؛ تهران، شهریار، 1348؛ در 606ص؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، دنیای کتاب، چاپ چهارم سال1368، در 606ص؛ شابک 9645870607؛ چاپ ششم 1377؛ چاپ هشتم 1390؛ با توجه به آنچه از کتاب برمی‌آید، «شاریر» در روز بیست و ششم ماه اکتبر سال 1931میلادی به اتهام قتل «رولاند لوپتی»، اتهامی که او به شدت تکذیب کرد، محکوم شد، او به زندگی در زندان و ده سال کار سخت محکوم شد؛ پس از یک زندان کوتاه در زندان‌های موقت در «کن فرانسه»، او در سال 1933میلادی به زندان «سنت لوران مارونی» در جزیره شیطان و در ناحیه ی «گویان در شمال شرقی آمریکای جنوبی» برده شد؛ نویسنده «هانری شاریر» اهل «فرانسه» بودند؛ و در «اسپانیا» از دنیا رفتند («شاریر»، زادروز 1906میلادی در «آرده سنت‌اتین فرانسه»، درگذشت روز بیست و نهم ماه ژوئیه سال 1973میلادی، به علت ابتلا به سرطان‌های سر و گردن در شهر «مادرید»)؛ ایشان به اتهام کشتن یک مرد فروشنده، توسط دادگاه «فرانسه» محکوم شدند، در حالیکه او منکر آن اتهام بود؛ مهمترین رخدادهای پیرامون ماجرا را، در کتابی با عنوان «پاپیون (پروانه)»، به رشته ی تحریر درمیآورند؛ کتاب فروش بسیار خوبی داشت؛ ایشان ادعا داشتند که بیشتر رخدادهای نگاشته شده در «پاپیون»، راست هستند، اما منتقدان بر این باور بودند، که بسیاری از مواد کتاب، یادمانهای نقل‌ شده ی دیگر زندانیان همراه «شاریر» بوده اند نقل از متن: (پسرک گستاخ! اگر خیال می‌کنی که می‌توانی از چنگ من فرار کنی، اشتباه می‌کنی! درست است که کسی چنگ و چنگال را در دست‌های من نمی‌بیند، اما بدان که چنگال پنجه‌های من، تو را تکه و پاره خواهد کرد، و دستور این عمل از درون مغز من صادر خواهد شد؛ و اگر من ترس در دل همه وکلای مدافع انداخته‌ام، و در دادستانی، به عنوان دادستانی خطرناک، متمایز شده‌ام، از آن است که هرگز نمی‌گذارم، شکار و طعمه‌ ام از دستم فرار کند، من نمی‌خواهم بدانم که تو گناهکاری یا بی‌گناه، بلکه تنها کار من این است، که از هرچه علیه تو و به ضررت‌ است، استفاده کنم؛ زندگی کولی‌وارت در محله «مونمارتر»، شهادت‌های دروغینی که به تحریک پلیس، گرفته شده است، و اظهارات خود مامورین پلیس، با این پرونده تهوع آوری که بازپرس برایت ساخته، باید تو را آنقدر فاسد و کثیف نشان بدهم، که هیئت منصفه از جامعه طردت کنند»؛ به نظرم می‌آید، که راستی راستی این «آدم‌خوار» دارد، با من حرف می‌زند، مگر اینکه خواب دیده باشم؛ خیال می‌کنم که به من می‌گوید:«تو کارت نباشد متهم، مخصوصا سعی نکن که از خودت دفاع کنی! من خودم در «جاده تباهی و گندیدگی» تو را سوق خواهم داد، و امیدوارم که اعتقادی به هیئت منصفه نداشته باشی»؛)؛ پایان نقلتاریخ بهنگام رسانی 20/06/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 24/05/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

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.

Henri Charrière'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 Guiana, 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 2005! Really looking forward to rereading this one!

"Papillon" este cel mai captivant roman de aventură citit vreodată.Autobiografie romanțată fiind, autorul ne spune că a fost condamnat la închisoare de către curtea cu juri. La începutul secolului XX, în Franța colonialista, oamenii făcuți vinovați de delicte grave, erau trimiși la ocnă în teritorii îndepărtate (Guyana franceză, în cazul de față, "un loc din care nimeni nu a ieșit vreodată viu"). El, autorul, ne mărturisește că, deși în tinerețe a fost un golan, a fost condamnat la închisoare pe nedrept, deoarece nu a săvârșit niciun delict (dar -repet- este AUTOBIOGRAFIE). Ajuns în închisoare, primul lucru care-i încolțește în minte este evadarea. Toate inchisoarile de maximă siguranță fiind, se înțelege că planurile sale -deși absolut geniale- întâmpină greutăți și dau greș. Dacă reușește să evadeze din spitalul unei închisori (prefăcându-se că era bolnav), este înhățat în timp ce își construiește luntrea de evadare, în cimitir. Apar, de asemenea, diferite personaje de diferite nații cu diferite caractere și diferite stiluri de viață. Unul din miile de detalii ar fi acela conform căruia deținuții care primeau bani din exterior erau nevoiți să uzeze de diferite mijloace pentru a-i pune în siguranță. Papillon al nostru (da -uitasem să menționez- Papillon este porecla autorului) folosește o metodă destul de des întâlnită în a două jumătate a secolului XX: pune banii într-un tub de dimensiuni mici și și-l bagă în anus (deci nu mai are dimensiuni mici, ci considerabile :D). Cred că elaborează vreo 15-20 de planuri de evadare, fiind transferat -din pricina eșuării lor- la diferite închisori mai aspre. A fost și la Recluziune (un fel de carceră a timpurilor moderne, numai că muuuuuuuuuult mai aspră) unde Papillon al nostru a stat în două rânduri (când spun că a stat, vorbesc în ani :) ). Replici de genul "mă simt stânjenit să vorbesc despre asta..." în mijlocul confesiunii sale lăuntrice denotă faptul că, dacă a ascuns anumite detalii, nu le-a ascuns pe toate. Ba chiar, în tot eroismul său descris în roman, introduce pe alocuri fapte mai puțin "onorabile". Dar uite că îi reușește un plan de evadare... Ajunge în Venezuela unde este primit cu căldură (având în vedere relațiile politice din contextul respectiv și ostilitatea dintre marile imperii). Cunoscând și Franța, coloniile franceze, dar și Venezuela (un popor sărac din punct de vedere material, dar bogat cu duhul), Henri Charriere ne povestește cum -prin prisma lui- popoarele așa-zis civilizate sunt net inferioare rudimentarismului: "Acești pescari aproape analfabeți din gloful Paria, la capătul lumii, pierduți în acel imens estuar al Orenocului, au un umanism filosofic care lipsește multora dintre compatrioții noștri. Prea mult progres mecanic, o viață agitată, o societate însuflețită de un singur ideal: noi invenții, o viață tot mai lesnicioasă și mai îndestulată. Tot savurând descoperirile științifice așa cum lingi un șerbet, devii însetat de un confort tot mai desăvârșit și lupți fără încetare să-l obții. Toate acestea ucid sufletul, mila, înțelegerea, mărinimia."Andrei Tamaş,28 august 2015

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, Charrière 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 Charrière 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 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 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.

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.