Jeremy Leggatt Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

‘Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.’ In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French ‘Elle’ and the father of two young children, suffered a massive stroke and found himself paralysed and speechless, but entirely conscious, trapped by what doctors call ‘locked-in syndrome’. Using his only functioning muscle – his left eyelid – he began dictating this remarkable story, painstakingly spelling it out letter by letter. His book offers a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel prison of locked-in syndrome, but it is also a triumph of the human spirit.

Dramatický príbeh sa začal odohrávať 8. decembra 1995. Po náhlej cievnej mozgovej príhode upadol Jean Dominique Bauby do hlbokej kómy. Keď sa prebral z kómy bol doslova uväznený vo vlastnom tele – nemohol sa pohybovať, jesť, rozprávať, ba ani dýchať bez pomoci. Pohyblivé ostalo iba jedno oko. Pomocou neho vytváral slová, vety a celé kapitoly nevšednej knižky. Dojímavý príbeh človeka, ktorému už nezostalo nič, len slová, je posolstvom zo sveta, aký si sotva vieme predstaviť…