The Diving-Bell And The Butterfly (Two Copies)

Bauby, Jean-Dominique

Fourth Estate

Xdiving Bell and the Butterfly

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Harper-perennial

One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written. 
One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics’ series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist. 
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.

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly (4th Estate Matchbook Classics)

Arts & Literature

Diving Bell & Butterfly

Random House Value Publishing

En 1995 un derrame cerebral sumió a Jean-Dominique Bauby en un coma profundo, del que despertó viente días más tarde con el cuerpo completamente paralizado pero con las facultades mentales intactas. Afectado de un síndrome de bloqueo interno sólo podía abrir el ojo izquierdo, su único medio de comunicación con el exterio era parpadeando. Giñaba una vez para asentir y dos para negar. Con su ojo retenía la atención del visitante en las letras del alfabeto que se le dictaban y componía palabras, frases, páginas enteras. Con su ojo escribió este libro. Con una ironia sutilísima, Bauby, quien antes de sufrir el derrame había triunfado profesionalmente en la revista Elle, deja constancia de sus memorias y reflexiones en un breve libro de sobrecogedora dimensión humana.

La escafandra y la mariposa

New Media Spanish Language

The Diving-bell & the Butterfly (BBC Radio Collection)

Derrington, Richard

BBC CONSUMER PUBLISHING

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Vintage International

2 cassettes / 2 hours Unabridged Read by Rene Auberjonois In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations," keeping in touch with himself and the life around him. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This AudioBook is a lasting testament to his life.

Dominique-Bauby, Jean

Ouberjois, Rene

Community & Culture

Random House Audio |

The author, former editor of French Elle magazine, describes the rare stroke to the brain stem that left his mind intact in a nearly totally paralyzed body

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Wheeler Pub Inc

140pages. in8. Broché. Le 8 décembre 1995, brutalement, un accident vasculaire a plongé Jean-Dominique Bauby dans un coma profond. Quand il en est sorti, toutes ses fonctions motrices étaient détériorées. Atteint de ce que la médecine appelle le locked-in syndrome -littéralement: enfermé à l'intérieur de lui-même -, il ne pouvait plus bouger, manger, parler ou même simplement respirer sans assistance. Dans ce corps inerte, seul un et #156;il bouge. Cet et #156;il -le gauche -, c'est son lien avec le monde, avec les autres, avec la vie. Avec son et #156;il, il cligne une fois pour dire oui , deux fois pour dire non. Avec son et #156;il, il arrête l'attention de son visiteur sur les lettres de l'alphabet qu'on lui dicte et forme des mots, des phrases, des pages entières. Avec son et #156;il, il a écrit ce livre: chaque matin pendant des semaines, il en a mémorisé les pages avant de les dicter, puis de les corriger. Sous la bulle de verre de son scaphandre où volent des papillons, il nous envoie ces cartes postales d'un monde que nous ne pouvons qu'imaginer -un monde où il ne reste rien qu'un esprit à l' et #156;uvre. L'esprit est tour à tour sarcastique et désenchanté, d'une intensité qui serre le c et #156;ur. Quand on n'a plus que les mots, aucun mot n'est de trop.

Le Scaphandre et le papillon (French Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

R. Laffont

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