The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby.
Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir explores the freedom of consciousness under extraordinary physical constraint. The former magazine editor brings memory and imagination to the task of preserving a self through language.
Read it for the relationship between expression and dignity. It invites careful thought about what constitutes a life from within, beyond the judgments an observer might make from the outside.
Edition notes: The cover represents the Vintage paperback (ISBN 9780375701214). Apple Books offers the ebook (9780307454836). Both are the English translation by Jeremy Leggatt.
