Jean-Dominique Bauby
autor
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
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.
Skafandr a motýl
Jean-Dominique Bauby byl dynamický a úspěšný čtyřicetiletý muž, který měl krásnou manželku, ještě hezčí milenku, dvě malé děti a prestižní zaměstnání jako šéfredaktor magazínu Elle.
Jednoho dne nevstal z místa řidiče svého luxusního kabrioletu a nevrátil se zpátky do svého života. Vlivem mozkové příhody kompletně ochrnul a oněměl, postihl ho tzv. syndrom uzamčení. Jediné, co spojovalo jeho nezasaženou mysl s okolním světem, bylo levé oko. Díky terapeutce a rafinovanému systému dorozumívání, který pro něj vytvořila, Jean-Dominique doslova „namrkal“ svou knihu, neobyčejně silné a dojemné poselství o triumfu lidské duše nad smrtelným tělem.
Skafandr a motýl vyšel ve Francii 7. března 1997. Jean-Dominique Bauby zemřel na srdeční zástavu o dva dny později ve věku 44 let.
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Diving-Bell And The Butterfly Matchbook Classics
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.
