Jean-Dominique Bauby
Paperback | Pages: 132 pages Rating: 4.01 | 55637 Users | 4418 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| Author | : | Jean-Dominique Bauby |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 132 pages |
| Published | : | June 23rd 1998 by Vintage (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
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‘Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.’ 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 entirely conscious, trapped by what doctors call ‘locked-in syndrome’. Using his only functioning muscle – his left eyelid – he began dictating this remarkable story, painstakingly spelling it out letter by letter. His book offers a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome, but it is also a triumph of the human spirit.Describe Books In Pursuance Of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
| Original Title: | Le Scaphandre et le Papillon |
| ISBN: | 0375701214 (ISBN13: 9780375701214) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jean-Dominique Bauby |
| Setting: | France Berck-sur-Mer(France) |
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Ratings: 4.01 From 55637 Users | 4418 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Words flow like the images and emotions of poetry. One thought leads to another. The rambling mind touches like a butterfly, just long enough to draw the essence from a story, and then moves fluidly to another. Jean-Dominique Bauby's body was an immobile weighty shell; the diving bell his perfect simile. Yet in his head he roved the world and composed the words that would let us in. Intent on looking for the cure to let him move again, he moves forward in his final words "We must keep looking.What an literary treasure! The utter sadness of this authors condition is magnificently juxtaposed to this heart warming memoir. Jean-Do, as his loved ones called him, has written an unbelievably upbeat and often humorous recollection of memorable events revisited during his most devastating period of life.Once the editor in chief of Elle magazine, and a very high profile socialite in Paris, his magnificent mind is now relegated to a whirlwind of thoughts and anecdotes told in a most painfully
I'm just as compassionate as the next person, and while my heart goes out to Bauby and his family for the tragic circumstances that left him paralyzed from the neck down, only able to communicate by blinking his left eye, I still hated this book. It is an admirable feat to dictate an entire book (though very short - I was able to to start it while eating my breakfast and finish it right before walking into work on the same morning), it still lacks substance. The author is successful at conveying
I know I will likely get flayed alive for rating this one so low, but I just can't see the worship behind it...First, let me say that the "writing" of the book by someone in such a state is an amazing accomplishment and I dare not take that away from him. (For those that don't know, it was dictated by Jean-Dominique Bauby - former editor of the french Elle - who had a severe seizure and after damage to his brain stem, was diagnosed with locked in syndrome. The entire book was dictated, letter by
Words flow like the images and emotions of poetry. One thought leads to another. The rambling mind touches like a butterfly, just long enough to draw the essence from a story, and then moves fluidly to another. Jean-Dominique Bauby's body was an immobile weighty shell; the diving bell his perfect simile. Yet in his head he roved the world and composed the words that would let us in. Intent on looking for the cure to let him move again, he moves forward in his final words "We must keep looking.
The Diving Bell and the ButterflyLocked-in-syndrome: totally paralyzed, unable to speak, but completely conscious. I find it hard to imagine a condition that's worse than this one. People who suffer a stroke, are at a risk to suffer from this condition (luckily, mostly not this bad). Is there still dignity in a life like this? The writer of this memoir, suffered from this condition, and was only able to move one eye. His left eye. Needless to say this was a powerful read. Its popularity is
I read it in an afternoon and it is, in one word, beautiful. This book was, for me, about the simple things we often overlook, mostly because we're too busy and don't take the time to actually look, but also because seeing takes a particular state of mind, it requires an openness, that is not always easy to come by. Jean-Dominique definitely had the time to observe the world, and the immensity of the strength, courage and determination it took to put a fraction of those things onto paper is
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