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When Breath Becomes Air

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Life, death, and meaning explored by dying doctor.

"When Breath Becomes Air" isn't merely a memoir; it's a stark reminder of mortality wrapped in a quest for meaning. If you've ever contemplated the fleeting nature of existence or found yourself questioning what it means to live a fulfilling life, Paul Kalanithi's journey offers a profound, deeply personal perspective. His dual role as both a neurosurgeon and a patient provides an incredibly unique lens into the human condition, making this book an eye-opening read that resonates long after the last page.

  • 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: 9780399590405
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 2017-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Philosophy, Science
Goodreads rating: 4.4
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At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.
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Life, death, and meaning explored by dying doctor.

"When Breath Becomes Air" isn't merely a memoir; it's a stark reminder of mortality wrapped in a quest for meaning. If you've ever contemplated the fleeting nature of existence or found yourself questioning what it means to live a fulfilling life, Paul Kalanithi's journey offers a profound, deeply personal perspective. His dual role as both a neurosurgeon and a patient provides an incredibly unique lens into the human condition, making this book an eye-opening read that resonates long after the last page.

  • 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.