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Poignant meditation on mortality and meaning.

"When Breath Becomes Air" is not simply a book, it's an introspective journey, questioning the essence of life through the eyes of someone who has faced its fragility head-on. Paul Kalanithi's narrative, at the intersection of life and death, offers an unforgettable perspective that could change the way you think about your own path. For anyone grappling with the big questions of what it means to live a fulfilling life, especially in the shadows of mortality, this memoir offers solace, understanding, and a profound sense of connection.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Biography or Autobiography (2017)
  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2016)
  • Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2016)
  • Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Book of the Month Book of the Year Award Nominee (2016)
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When Breath Becomes Air

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ISBN: 9781847923677
Authors: Paul Kalanithi
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science, Biographies & Memoirs, Philosophy
Goodreads rating: 4.4
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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 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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Poignant meditation on mortality and meaning.

"When Breath Becomes Air" is not simply a book, it's an introspective journey, questioning the essence of life through the eyes of someone who has faced its fragility head-on. Paul Kalanithi's narrative, at the intersection of life and death, offers an unforgettable perspective that could change the way you think about your own path. For anyone grappling with the big questions of what it means to live a fulfilling life, especially in the shadows of mortality, this memoir offers solace, understanding, and a profound sense of connection.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Biography or Autobiography (2017)
  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2016)
  • Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2016)
  • Prix Jan Michalski Nominee for Longlist (2017)
  • Book of the Month Book of the Year Award Nominee (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.