The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly. Jean-Dominique Bauby
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THE DIVING-BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Translated by Jeremy Leggatt
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From the reviews of The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly.
‘Read this book and fall back in love with life’
EDMUND WHITE
‘The most extraordinary book of the year’ Daily Telegraph
‘[He] goes to the core of what it means to be human’
Observer
‘Staggering. It represents an almost inconceivable act of generosity’
A. L. KENNEDY
‘Everyone in the country should own at least one copy’
Guardian
‘Vibrantly, insistently, a tale for our times… This is a memoir where the man speaks for the moment, and it is one of the great books of the century’ Financial Times
‘The most remarkable memoir of our time’
CYNTHIA OZICK
FOR MY CHILDREN THÉOPHILE AND CÉLESTE
AND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO CLAUDE MENDIBIL,
WHOSE ALL-IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THESE
PAGES WILL BECOME CLEAR AS MY STORY UNFOLDS.
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