Jean-Dominique Bauby - The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly

Details
Paperback - As new

Rating
4.0/5 Goodreads

Synopsis
After suffering a massive stroke, Jean- Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle and the father of two young children, found himself completely paralysed, speechless and able only to move one eyelid. With his eyelid he 'dictated' this remarkable book.

"Vibrantly, insistently, a tale for our times. . . This is a memoir where the man speaks for the moment, and it is one of the great books of the century." - Jackie Wullschlager
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"We listen, because what he has to say goes to the core of what it means to be human.." - Robert McCrum