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THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER n THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER n SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 n n Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable New York Times n n 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. n n 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. n n 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? n n 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. n
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