"Papillon" by Henri Charrière
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"Papillon" by Henri Charrière
Has anyone read it and enjoyed it as I did?
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I do remember the movie though, loved it but then Steve McQueen !!!!!!!!!!!!
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better in the telling"(he claims to have had trysts with one of The Wardens wive's), you can't gainsay his incredible
spirit. Some of the things he does to survive his inhumane treatment are truly remarkable. I give the book 4/5 and
the movie 5/5.
-- 12 Jul 2012, 08:27 --
@Fran. Steve McQueen? Wow. You were alive during the Silent Film Era? I heard he was one of only a few to makeFran wrote:I can't actually remember reading it but I can still see the book cover .... it had a beautiful engraving of a butterfly on it (that's when I learned that papillon is the French for butterfly).
I do remember the movie though, loved it but then Steve McQueen !!!!!!!!!!!!
the transition from Silent to Talkies. WOW!!!!!!!!!!
-- 12 Jul 2012, 08:32 --
dindindin wrote:As for Papillon, a good read and an excellent movie. Although some of Mr. Charriere's exploits seem to "have gotten
better in the telling"(he claims to have had trysts with one of The Wardens wive's), you can't gainsay his incredible
spirit. Some of the things he does to survive his inhumane treatment are truly remarkable. I give the book 4/5 and
the movie 5/5.
-- 12 Jul 2012, 08:27 --
@Fran. Steve McQueen? Wow. You were alive during the Silent Film Era? I heard he was one of only a few to makeFran wrote:I can't actually remember reading it but I can still see the book cover .... it had a beautiful engraving of a butterfly on it (that's when I learned that papillon is the French for butterfly).
I do remember the movie though, loved it but then Steve McQueen !!!!!!!!!!!!
the transition from Silent to Talkies. WOW!!!!!!!!!!
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But having also seem the movie, it was difficult to not see Steve McQueen as the main character.
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Joyce - also a no go for me. Tried Ulysess probably 3 times over the years, never made much headway.
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of a storyteller and was challenged over its accuracy. Apparently not all the events were true because the things he describes don't match up with the actual timeframe of events. It's more likely a compilation of stories from several of Charrière's jail companions, chiefly Charles Brunier. Fiction or not, it's still a great book.
(PS: Nice to have some Aussie readers onboard)