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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."

At the age of 42, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. Paralysed from head to toe, he was left imprisoned inside his body, his mind intact, but unable to speak or move anything except his left eyelid. This is his story.

Vienna 1789. A season of darkness has spread throughout Europe as the French Revolution stirs up civil unrest and provokes fear among the authorities. Struggling to makes ends meet, and plagued by a never ending assault from his enemies, Wolgang Amadeus Mozart is determined to fulfil his destiny, as foretold in the ancient secrets of the Pharaohs. Supported by his friend Thamos, Count of Thebes, and encouraged by the Masonic Lodge, Mozart finds the energy to accomplish his greatest work - The Magic Flute, which will reveal the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris to the world and pave the way to enlightenment. But the ultimate test approaches...

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