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1、TheDivingBellandtheButterflyJean-DominiqueBaubyTheeditor-in-chiefofFrenchElle,Jean-DominiqueBaubysufferedastrokethatresultedinlocked-insyndromewhenhewas43yearsold.HediedjusttwodaysaftertheFrenchpublicationofhisbook."TheDivingBellandtheButterfly"byJean-DominiqueBaubyFormychildren,ThéophileandCéleste
2、…AndmydeepestgratitudetoClaudeMendibil,whoseall-importantcontributiontothesepageswillbecomeclearasmystoryunfoldsAcclaimforJean-DominiqueBauby's"TheDivingBellandtheButterfly""Thesentencessoar,unburdenedbyself-pityordespair,andtheprogressionofshort,lyricalchaptersbegintoresemblethebeatingofwings."—Th
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5、pungentasthescentofcookingapricots,asvigorousasthestepofayoungmansettingoutonafirstdate."—EdmundWhite.AbouttheAuthorTheeditor-in-chiefofFrenchElle,Jean-DominiqueBaubysufferedastrokethatresultedinlocked-insyndromewhenhewas43yearsold.HediedjusttwodaysaftertheFrenchpublicationofhisbook.PrologueThrough
6、thefrayedcurtainatmywindow,awanglowannouncesthebreakofday.Myheelshurt,myheadweighsaton,andsomethinglikeagiantinvisibledivingbellholdsmywholebodyprisoner.Myroomemergesslowlyfromthegloom.Ilingerovereveryitem:photosoflovedones,mychildren'sdrawings,posters,thelittletincyclistsentbyafriendthedaybeforeth
7、eParis—Roubaixbikerace,andtheIVpolehangingoverthebedwhereIhavebeenconfinedthesepastsixmonths,likeahermitcrabdugintohisrock.NoneedtowonderverylongwhereIam,ortorecallthatthelifeIonceknewwassnuffedoutFriday,th