The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Autobiography and memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby.
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- Knopf, 1997
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The first edition of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby was published in New York by Knopf in 1997.
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