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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death [Audiobook] download free by Jean Dominique Bauby

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death Audiobook download free by Jean Dominique Bauby
  • Listen audiobook: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
  • Author: Jean Dominique Bauby
  • Release date: 1998/4/1
  • Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE USA INC
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Biography
  • ISBN: 9780375701214
  • Rating: 9.71 of 10
  • Votes: 293
  • Review by: Lizbeth Alcala
  • Review rating: 9.65 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/11
  • Duration: 1H46M39S in 256 kbps (28.8 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-12
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, MPEG-4 ALS, MP3, FLAC, Shorten, WAV, WMA (compression ZIP, DEB, JAR, RAR, DMG, TAR.LZO, ARJ)
  • Total pages original book: 144
  • Includes a PDF summary of 15 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 10M40S (3 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: 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. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book.By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an 'inexhaustible reservoir of sensations, ' keeping in touch with himself and the life around him.Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This book is a lasting testament to his life.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Memoirs, Coping With Death & Bereavement, Biography: General
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  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 12.88 USD
  • Dimensions: 140x210x9.91mm
  • Weight: 181g
  • Printed by: Vintage Books
  • Published in: New York, United States

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