The Diving - Bell & the Butterfly

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This fine first edition, first impression, first printing of Jean-Dominique Bauby¿s Book THE DIVING-BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY in hardback cloth covers with a fine dust jacket, published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 1997. This fine book has black cloth covered boards, titles in gold on the spine with dark blue end papers. The tight, bright, unread book has no marks, bumps or writing over its 139 pages. The high quality white pages themselves are in fine condition. The copyright page shows this book first published in Great Britain in 1997, with translation by Jeremy Leggatt copyright 1997 and original French copyright also 1997 with no reprint information. The fine dust jacket with the price in sterling is not price clipped and has no blemishes. The titles are in blue over a half face and eyelid on the cover and in yellow on a blue spine. A captured blue butterfly features on the rear cover. This celebrated & extraordinary book was made into an award winning film by director Julian Schnabel in 2007. The book and jacket are in as new condition. Clear removable archival film protects the pristine dust jacket. N° de ref. del artículo 000223

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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.

On 8 December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a massive stroke and slipped into a coma. When he regained consciousness three weeks later, the only muscle left functioning was in his left eylid although his mind remained as active and alert as it had ever been. He spent most of 1996 writing this book, letter by letter, blinking as an alphabet was repeatedly read out to him. The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly was published in France on Thursday 6th March 1997. It was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. And then, three days later, he died.

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly, which records Bauby’s lonely existence, is probably the most remarkable book about the triumph of the human spirit, the ability to invent a life for oneself in the most appalling of circumstances, that you will ever read.