num_pages: 139
description: In 1995, Jean-dominique Bauby Was The Editor In Chief Of French Elle, The Father Of Two Young Children, A Forty-three-year-old Man Known And Loved For His Wit, His Style, And His Impassioned Approach To Life. By The End Of The Year He Was Also The Victim Of A Rare Kind Of Stroke To The Brain Stem. After Twenty Days In A Coma, Bauby Awoke Into A Body That Had All But Stopped Working: Only His Left Eye Functioned, Allowing Him To See And, By Blinking, To Make It Clear That His Mind Was Unimpaired. Jean-dominique Bauby ; Translated By Jeremy Leggatt. Translation Of: Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon.
language: en
title: Diving Bell and the Butterfly
publisher: Fourth Estate