{"product_id":"2026100010651-secondhand-papillon","title":"Papillon","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most astonishing true stories of survival and defiance ever committed to the page, Papillon chronicles the harrowing odyssey of Henri Charrière — nicknamed Papillon for the butterfly tattooed on his chest — a Frenchman wrongfully convicted of murder and condemned to the brutal penal colonies of French Guiana in the 1930s. From the notorious Devil's Island to the fetid jungle camps of the South American interior, Charrière details a relentless, decade-long struggle against an inhuman prison system, starvation, solitary confinement, and the crushing weight of injustice — all fuelled by one indomitable obsession: freedom.\n\nTranslated into English by Patrick O'Brian with elegant precision, this memoir stands as a landmark of 20th-century autobiographical writing, combining the raw tension of a thriller with the moral urgency of a human rights testament. Charrière's voice is unvarnished and visceral, pulling no punches as it presents the darkest corners of state-sanctioned cruelty while simultaneously celebrating the unconquerable resilience of the human spirit. A worldwide phenomenon upon its original French publication in 1969, Papillon raises a question that lingers long after the final page: what price is a man willing to pay to reclaim his own life?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736447062235,"sku":"2026100010651-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ffab2f9e-8609-4943-82dd-9983a0ba0b6d.png?v=1792123019","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010651-secondhand-papillon","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}