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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The story of Bauby's experiences as a paraplegic who could only communicate using one winking eye. It tells the reader how it feels to be locked inside your body with no means of easy communication with the outside world. Extraordinary. (  ) PeterClack | Dec 10, 2009 |  Powerful. I highly recommend this book. Author dictated this book solely by blinking one eye. A very poignant indepth look at his life from his perspective after a massive stroke. A MUST READ (  ) lesleymc | Nov 8, 2009 |  MsPibel | Nov 6, 2009 | This is a beautifully written, memoir by the editor-in-chief of the magazine, Elle. Bauby suffered a massive stroke in his 40s, leaving him unable to communicate except by blinking his left eye. Somehow, it is not a particularly sad book. It is obvious from his story that he was a man who lived "the good life" of wealth, travel, good food, and a loving family. In spite of all that he lost, his reflections are full of beautiful imagery of his past life, the day dreams that he used to manage his present situation and his hopes for the future. His thoughts seemed to seep directly into my mind, fully developed as images, without the normally required translation into written words. A tiny treasure. ( )1  krazy4katz | Sep 26, 2009 | My daughter had to read this for school so I thought I would as well. It is amazing in it's testament for the need to communicate. Jean Bauby tells his story by blinking his left eye as someone reads through the French alphabet. His recent stroke has placed him in a state where only his left eye and his mind are functioning. This is called Locked in Syndrome. Despite this disability Bauby is able to provide for us insights into his life and dreams. I found the extraordinary process of trying to write this a bit more interesting that the actual words. There are memories and anecdotes that are at times interesting, but overall the most involving of stories was that this was actually produced. Ironically or tragically he died just after this project, which makes this even more telling - perhaps the quest of communication was what was keeping him alive. (  ) novelcommentary | Sep 13, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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