When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - Medium Size

At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decades 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 Kalanithis 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.

Product details:
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage; 01 edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781784701994
ISBN-13: 978-1784701994
ASIN: 1784701998
Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm