When Breath Becomes Air
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (607 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0191YTT70 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. I'll go on.'" When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.. "I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything," he wrote. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question: What makes a life worth living?At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. 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. Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. When Breath Becomes Air chronicl
Ashutosh S. Jogalekar said A remarkable book: Edifying, heartbreaking, eloquent and very real. I read this book in one sitting, long after the lights should have been turned off. I felt like not doing so would have been a disservice to Paul Kalanithi. After reading the book I felt stunned and hopeful in equal parts. Stunned because of the realization that someone as prodigiously talented and eloquent as Dr. Kalanithi was taken from the world at such an early age. Hopeful because even in his brief life of thirty-seven years he showcased what we as human beings are capable of in our best incarnations. His family can rest assured that he will live on through his book.When Breath Becomes Air details Dr. Kalanithi's life. "What Makes Life Meaningful" according to Jill I. Shtulman. Sometimes you don’t go out and find a book; the book finds you. Facing an impending loss without a foundation of faith to fall back on, I find myself asking, “What is the meaning of life if we’re all just going to die?”Paul Kalanithi answers that question in the most meaningful way possible in his outstanding book. A What Makes Life Meaningful Sometimes you don’t go out and find a book; the book finds you. Facing an impending loss without a foundation of faith to fall back on, I find myself asking, “What is the meaning of life if we’re all just going to die?”Paul Kalanithi answers that question in the most meaningful way possible in his outstanding book. A 36-year- old neurosurgeon, Paul wrestled between medicine and literature as an eventual career. Medicine won out and he was just on the cusp of a stellar trajectory when he was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer.Paul nurtured a passionate belief in the moral dimensions of his job. He. 6-year- old neurosurgeon, Paul wrestled between medicine and literature as an eventual career. Medicine won out and he was just on the cusp of a stellar trajectory when he was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer.Paul nurtured a passionate belief in the moral dimensions of his job. He. Read this book hiya123 Thank you Paul for this wonderful book. I don't know Paul, but I like him a lot through the book. I admit the book wasn't easy reading for me, but it was pleasurable and I finished book in two nights. I am very scared of death but Paul tackles the scariness and all the darkness with persistence, and he simply plods on. Knowledge is power and I do believe it's the unknown we fear the most, having a detailed account like this is a great reference to move forward with. How many choose to communicate so candidly at such a time? Even to themselves? Paul's honesty is something I prize. That honesty combined with his remarkable e