A Second Wind by Philippe Pozzo Di Borgo
Now a major motion picture--The Upside--starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman. Discover the moving and heartfelt #1 international bestseller and inspiration for the film The Upside about an aristocratic Frenchman who is paralyzed in an accident and has to adjust to his new normal with the help of his unlikely caregiver. As the descendant of two prominent French families and director of a legendary vineyard, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was not in the habit of asking for help. Then, in 1993, right on the heels of his beloved wife's diagnosis of a terminal illness, a paragliding accident left him a quadriplegic. He was forty-two years old and unable to do anything--even feed himself--without the help of another person. Passing his days hidden behind the high walls of his Paris townhouse, Philippe was totally isolated. His paralysis rendered him unable to reach out to others and seemed to make people unwilling to touch him or acknowledge the reality of his existence. For the first time, he learned what it felt like to be excluded. The only person who seemed not to be bothered by Philippe's condition was someone who had been marginalized his entire life: Abdel, an unemployed, uninhibited Algerian immigrant from the outskirts of society who would become Philippe's unlikely caretaker. With his tenacious spirit and irreverent sense of humor, Abdel is able to reawaken Philippe's connection to people and the larger world around him. A Second Wind is the inspiring true story of two men who refused to ask for help, and then wound up helping each other in more ways than they could imagine.
Philippe Pozzo di Borgo nacio en 1951. Hijo de dos distinguidas familias francesas, fue director de Champagne Pommery. En 1993 sufrio un accidente de parapente que lo dejo tetraplejico. En 2001, la editorial francesa Bayard publico el asombroso testimonio de su nueva vida, Un segundo aliento, que tuvo una excelente recepcion entre el publico y la critica. Despues, con motivo de la pelicula, se reedito con un texto adicional, -Diable gardien-, y se convirtio rapidamente en un bestseller tanto en Francia, con mas de 200 000 ejemplares vendidos en los dos primeros meses, como en los paises en los que se tradujo. El libro que reune ambos textos, Un segundo aliento, ha inspirado la pelicula Amigos, estrenada en Francia en otono de 2011, con un exito extraordinario
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| ISBN 13 | 9781451689709 |
| ISBN 10 | 1451689705 |
| Title | A Second Wind |
| Author | Philippe Pozzo Di Borgo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atria Books |
| Year published | 2012-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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