Seis siglos después del nacimiento de Cristo, los habitantes de la isla santa de File todavía viven la fe de los antiguos egipcios con la pureza de una regla inmemorial, aunque el cristianismo haya conquistado al país entero. Isis, superiora de las sacerdotisas del templo de File, desafía, con el apoyo y amor incondicional de Sabni, al poderoso obispo Teodoro, jefe espiriutal y dueño de aquella olvidada región del sur, en los confines del Imperio.
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."
Un Sobrecogedor Testimonio Sobre Los Limites De La Naturaleza Humana
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor in chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a forty-three-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brain stem. After twenty days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body that had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail, blinking to select letters one by one as a special alphabet was slowly recited to him, over and over again. In the same way, he was eventually able to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to in his body. He explains the joy, and the deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times; of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations", keeping in touch with himself and the life around him.
Autobiografisch getint relaas van een aan anorexia lijdend meisje dat door misplaatst vertrouwen in een jongen besmet raakt met Aids.