The Diving-Bell And The Butterfly
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9780008610036
- Categories [2026], Biographies and Memoirs, BX, BXOS, JAN26, New Arrivals OS, NF BIO, Non-Fiction
- Author(s) Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Publisher Harpercollins Publishers (Uk)
- Pages 144
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 13cm x 1cm x 19.8cm
- Weight 0.091 kg
product description
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.
