num_pages: 139
description: After suffering a massive stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle and the father of two young children, found himself completely paralysed, speechless and able only to move one eyelid. With his eyelid he 'dictated' this remarkable book.
language: English
title: The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
titlecomplete: The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
characters: Jean-Dominique Bauby
genres: Classics, Autobiography, France, Medical, Disability, Biography Memoir, Biography, Medicine, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 70847
places: France, Berck-sur-Mer
publisher: Harper Perennial