When Breath Becomes Air (Paperback) by Paul Kalanithi

• Product details

  Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House (3 January 2017)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399590404
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399590405
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 260 gm
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.3 x 1.7 x 24.5 cm
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

 'Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful,' Atul Gawande, bestselling author of Being Mortal

What makes life worth living in the face of death?

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.

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.

'A vital book about dying. Awe-inspiring and exquisite. Obligatory reading for the living' Nigella Lawson