The book is dedicated to the life of French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby, the creation of his autobiography, The Spacesuit and the Butterfly, its film adaptation, and the syndrome of confinement.
The cover features a prophetic photograph of the author with his daughter, who is covering his right eye. After a stroke, Bobby was paralyzed and could see only with his left eye. However, even within the weakened body of the spacesuit, the trembling, feeling butterfly of the soul—desiring to tell its story…
Two parallel texts—a book titled «Spacesuit and Butterfly, ” accompanied by stills from the film adaptation, and a compilation of articles about the author, his family, and the legacy of his history, complete with black-and-white photographs of contemporary Paris.
