The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

ISBN-13: 9780007139842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 144 str.

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Opis

The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body.

Recenzje

'The most remarkable memoir of our time.' Cynthia Ozick

'Read this book and fall back in love with life.' Edmund White

'A staggering piece of work. It represents an almost inconceivable act of generosity, the gift of the mind and the spirit for which writing was designed.' A. L. Kennedy

'One of the great books of the century.' Financial Times

'Everyone in the country should own at least one copy.' Guardian

'We listen, because what he has to say goes to the core of what it means to be human.' Robert McCrum, Observer

'The most extraordinary book of the year.' Daily Telegraph

'Life-enhancing and devastating in equal measure - everyone should read it.' Gloss magazine

O autorze

Bauby Jean-Dominique Bauby was born in Paris in 1952. In 1996 he set up ALIS (Association du Locked-In Syndrome). Bauby died on 9 March 1997. He leaves a wife and two children.