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The acclaimed 2007 film adaptation, directed by Julian Schnabel, won Best Director at Cannes and was nominated for the Palme d’Or.

Jean-Dominique Bauby, quote from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. His book offers a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome, but it is also a triumph of the human spirit. I need to feel strongly, to love and admire, just as desperately as I need to breathe. Read more painstakingly spelling it out letter by letter. Using his only functioning muscle – his left eyelid – he began dictating this remarkable story. NOT FADE AWAY is a deeply moving exploration of the obstacles we all face - physical, psychological, and philosophical. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.’ In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French ‘Elle’ and the father of two young children, suffered a massive stroke and found himself paralysed and speechless, but entirely conscious, trapped by what doctors call ‘locked-in syndrome’. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear ‘Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.' Num Pages: 144 pages. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. 'Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body only his left eye isn't paralyzed. Description for The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly Paperback. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

The diving bell and the butterfly goodreads