by Jean-Dominique Bauby · Ponte alle Grazie · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879284028
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«Lo scafandro e la farfalla» is the autobiography of Jean-Dominique Bauby, published by Ponte alle Grazie in paperback (128 pages, in Italian).
In 1995, a stroke leaves Jean-Dominique Bauby with locked-in syndrome: lucid but totally paralysed. He can only move his left eyelid, and with its blinking he dictates this book, which weaves together memories, dreams and reflections from immobility, between the diving bell that imprisons his body and the butterfly of his imagination.
This Italian edition was translated by Benedetta Pagni Frette. The work was originally published in French as «Le Scaphandre et le Papillon».
A classic of memoir literature, common in reading groups, that will appeal to those seeking accounts of disability and resilience.
Jean-Dominique Bauby was a French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine Elle.
