The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
by Bauby, Jean-Dominique
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good +
- ISBN 10
- 1857027795
- ISBN 13
- 9781857027792
- Seller
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Montmorillon, France
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Synopsis
Jean-Dominique Bauby was born in France in 1952. He attended school in Paris. After working as a journalist for a number of years, Bauby became the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine in Paris in 1991. On December 8, 1995 he had a stroke which left him with the condition known as locked-in syndrome. Bauby died on March 9, 1997, two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly . He was the father of two children, Theophile and Celeste.
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- Bookseller
- The Glass Key (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103604
- Title
- The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
- Author
- Bauby, Jean-Dominique
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1857027795
- ISBN 13
- 9781857027792
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
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