When Breath Becomes Air

Author(s): Paul Kalanithi

Medicine

THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER   'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decadeâe(tm)s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithiâe(tm)s transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity âe" the brain âe" and finally into a patient and a new father. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both.


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You are a young neurosurgeon. You have completed 11 years of training. You are devoted to your work and on the brink of a wonderful career. Then you are diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day you are a doctor making a living treating the dying, the next a patient dying, struggling to live.

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2016.

Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both."

Paul Kalanithi graduated from the Yale School of Medicine, and went on to become one of the most accomplished neurosurgeons in his field, winning numerous awards and holding a position at Stanford University. At the age of 36 Kalanithi was diagnosed with terminal cancer. His reflections on doctoring and illness have been published in the New York Times, The Washington Post and The Paris Review Daily. Kalanithi died on March 9, 2015, aged 37.

General Fields

  • : 9781847923677
  • : Vintage Publishing
  • : The Bodley Head Ltd
  • : 0.379
  • : April 2015
  • : 204mm X 138mm X 26mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : February 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Paul Kalanithi
  • : Hardback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 617.48092
  • : 256