Description
| Product ID: | 9780008610036 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly |
| Authors: | Author: Jean-Dominique Bauby |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Diaries, letters and journals, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Disability: social aspects, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Trauma and shock, Rehabilitation: brain and spinal injuries, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, Diaries, letters & journals, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Disability: social aspects, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Trauma & shock, Rehabilitation: brain & spinal injuries, Coping with disability, France |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written. 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. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France. One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written.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. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France.In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle and the father of two young children, suffered a massive stroke and found himself paralysed and speechless. But his mind remained as active and alert as it had ever been.Using his only functioning muscle – his left eyelid – he was determined to tell his remarkable story, painstakingly spelling it out letter by letter.The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly records Bauby’s lonely existence but also the ability to invent a life for oneself in the most appalling of circumstances. It one of the most extraordinary books about the triumph of the human spirit ever written. |
| Imprint Name: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-04-13 |
