"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - читать интересную книгу автора (Bauby Jean-Dominique)

Acclaim forJean-Dominique Bauby's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

"The sentences soar, unburdened by self-pity or despair, and the progression of short, lyrical chapters begin to resemble the beating of wings." — The New Yorker

"An admirable testament to the unkillable self, to the spirit that insists on itself so vehemently that it ultimately transcends and escapes the prison of the body." — Francine Prose, Newsday

"The most remarkable memoir of our time—perhaps of any time." — Cynthia Ozick

"Shattering eloquence…. The real glory here is Bauby himself, whose spirit asserts itself again and again in the words that survive him." — Miami Herald

"To read this most extraordinary of narratives is to discover the luminosity within a courageous man's mind…. Incomparable." — Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.

"Mesmerizing." — Newsweek

"Read this book and fall back in love with life…. The prose…is as light as the sprightliest humor, as pungent as the scent of cooking apricots, as vigorous as the step of a young man setting out on a first date." — Edmund White