Bibliograph

The diving bell and the butterfly, a memoir of life in death, Jean-Dominique Bauby ; translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt

Type

Label

The diving bell and the butterfly, a memoir of life in death, Jean-Dominique Bauby ; translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The diving bell and the butterfly

Oclc number

39499657

Responsibility statement

Jean-Dominique Bauby ; translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt

Sub title

a memoir of life in death

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- The wheelchair -- Prayer -- Bathtime -- The alphabet -- The empress -- Cinecittà -- Tourists -- The sausage -- Guardian Angel -- The photo -- Yet another coincidence -- The dream -- Voice offstage -- My lucky day -- Our very own Madonna -- Through a glass, darkly -- Paris -- The vegetable -- Outing -- Twenty to one -- The duck hunt -- Sunday -- The ladies of Hong Kong -- The message -- At the wax museum -- The mythmaker -- "A day in the life" -- Season of renewal

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