Rita Buenting Boeken

Original title: Putain de silence "On a July morning ten years ago, Philippe Vigand, a young, vigorous, handsome publishing executive, was walking to work when he heard a "gigantic explosion."Stragely, nobody else seemed to have heard it...for the simple reason that it was in his head.For two months he lay in a coma.When he awoke, he was completely paralyzed, but his mind was intact.He was suffering from locked-in syndrome.After months of hospital care, Philippe was brought home when an infrared camera enabled him to "speak" and "write" by blinking his eyes.Written in two parts, the first by Philippe using the magic camera, the second by his wife, Stephane, this moving work traces the evolution of the illness and their relationship and shows how love and devotion can overcome almost anything."

‘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.

Autobiografisch getint relaas van een aan anorexia lijdend meisje dat door misplaatst vertrouwen in een jongen besmet raakt met Aids.