The diving-bell and the butterfly
«.One of the great books of the century.. Financial Times»
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.
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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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- 4th Estate
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 144
- ISBN
- 9780008329747
- Utgave
- 1. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Serie
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4th Estate matchbook classics
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«.One of the great books of the century.. Financial Times»
«.The most remarkable memoir of our time.. Cynthia Ozick»
«.Read this book and fall back in love with life.. Edmund White»
«.A staggering piece of work. It represents an almost inconceivable act of generosity, the gift of the mind and the spirit for which writing was designed.. A. L. Kennedy»
«.Everyone in the country should own at least one copy.. Guardian»