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Amazon.co.uk Review
On December 8, 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby's life was forever altered when a part of his body he'd never heard of--his brain stem--was rendered inactive. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, his exquisitely painful memoir, is neither a triumphant account of recovery nor a journey into the abyss of self-pity. Instead, it is a tender testament to the power of language and love. At 43, Bauby was defined by success, wit and charisma. But in the course of a few bewildering minutes, the editor-in-chief of French Elle became a victim of the rare locked-in syndrome. The only way he could express his frustration, however, was by blinking his left eye. The rest of his body could no longer respond. Bauby was determined to escape the paralysis of his diving bell and free the butterflies of his imagination. And with the help of ESA, "a hit parade in which each letter is placed according to the frequency of its use in the French language," Bauby did so. Visitors, and eventually his editor, would read each letter aloud and he would blink at the right one. Slowly--painstakingly-- words, sentences, paragraphs and even this graceful book emerged.
Bauby relays the horrors and small graces of his struggle, which range from awaking one day to discover his right eye being sewn shut to realising the significance of Father's Day, a holiday previously absent from his family's "emotional calendar": "Today we spent the whole of the symbolic day together, affirming that even a rough sketch, a shadow, a tiny fragment of a dad is still a dad." The author makes it clear that being locked in doesn't kick open the doors of perception, but The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is nonetheless a celebration of life. Jean Dominique-Bauby died of a heart attack on March 9, 1997, two days after his book was published in France. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The Gloss magazine
'Life-enhancing and devastating in equal measure - everyone should
read it.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
作者简介
让-多米尼克·鲍比,1952年生,在巴黎求学。后任记者数年。1991年,出任法国《ELEE》杂志总编辑。1995年12月8日,突发脑中风。1997年3月9日,去世。
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一个星期日,打扫房间的时候,发现一只雄壮的蚊子趴在蚊帐里面,身姿挺拔矫健。顺手抄了一张纸轻轻拍一下,它立刻完蛋,四脚朝天掉下来,被我拈了丢到地上。 同一天,读完了《潜水钟与蝴蝶》,作者鲍比因脑中风深度昏迷20天后,身体丧失所有运动功能,全身能动的只有左眼皮,...
我是眼含着泪水读完这本《潜水钟与蝴蝶》的,其实从我阅读它的第一页开始就一直在止不住的眼睛湿润。我的心和思想同时被撞击着。因为他的痛苦我身受感同、因为他的喜悦,那些小小的而又巨大的欢喜与自嘲的幽默、因为他的关于许多事物的美好而细腻的意想。 的确,他的身...
我会去看这本书,其实是出于职业上的好奇心:人最糟在什么情况下还会想写作?人在这样的情况下会写些什么? 让-多米尼克·鲍比,法国人,著名的时尚杂志《ELLE》的主编,两个孩子的父亲。1995年12月8日,原本是非常普通的一天,他还清楚地记得那天他去了哪里,做了什么,车上放...
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补记一下,高中听完的电子书,朗读者 René Auberjonois, 封面是浸在深蓝夜色中的灯塔。从来没想过这本书有一天会因为电影改编火起来。
补记一下,高中听完的电子书,朗读者 René Auberjonois, 封面是浸在深蓝夜色中的灯塔。从来没想过这本书有一天会因为电影改编火起来。
补记一下,高中听完的电子书,朗读者 René Auberjonois, 封面是浸在深蓝夜色中的灯塔。从来没想过这本书有一天会因为电影改编火起来。
补记一下,高中听完的电子书,朗读者 René Auberjonois, 封面是浸在深蓝夜色中的灯塔。从来没想过这本书有一天会因为电影改编火起来。
补记一下,高中听完的电子书,朗读者 René Auberjonois, 封面是浸在深蓝夜色中的灯塔。从来没想过这本书有一天会因为电影改编火起来。