It took 200,000 blinks over 4 hours each day spanning a period of 10 months to finish the book. He dictated the entire book by blinking his left eyelid to choose a letter, while a transcriber recited a French language frequency-ordered alphabet(E, S, A, R, I, N, T, U, L, etc.). He decided to chronicle his thoughts and that’s how this book came to fruition. However, he was a journalist and it was not in his blood to keep new information hidden. But the betrayal of his body meant he was helpless in expressing them. As the minutes dragged every day, Jean observed everything around him and had various thoughts and feelings about his condition. His own mind was trapped inside a motionless body, and he had no way of communicating with the outside world except for blinking his left eyelid. Jean was left completely physically paralyzed, with the exception of his head and eyes which he could move a little.
The book is a reflection on his life as he lay in coma after a massive stroke rendered him helpless with locked-in syndrome. OL18527025W Pages 154 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211022211048 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 244 Scandate 20211019073955 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780375401152 Tts_version 4.The book is a memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby, the once editor-in-chief of the French magazine Elle. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:06:48 Boxid IA40268421 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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