Epub
English language
Published July 29, 2016 by The Bodley Head.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Source: www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109814/when-breath-becomes-air
I felt like I read this entire book with a lump in my throat. Incredibly sad, yet inspiring at the same time. As a father of young children, his story hit especially close to home. It’s also amazing just how talented he was. In another life, he could have been a dedicated author, and with his stylistic prose, I would have read every one of his books.
What an incredible book. Emotionally not the easiest topic, but there are so many wise words in here. Gives you a lot to think about in your current live and how you value things. Highly recommended.
I'm a complete sucker for the Memoir genre and this one did not disappoint. And the afterward by the author's wife left me a crying mess. I'm not usually big on audiobooks (I guess my mind usually just wanders too much when I try a book in this form), but I highly recommend the audio version of this one!
Lekarsko - bardzo dobrze, ciekawe wspomnienia, oddana praca lekarza. Historia powołania również.
Od strony pacjenta (druga część książki) - już dużo słabiej. Niby nadal jest sporo wiedzy lekarskiej, lecz ta część jakby słabsza.
Zasadniczo dobra książka, lecz spodziewałem się czegoś "więcej" od głównego tematu książki.
A sobering read. Definitely gives you something to think about and to give thanks for. His words to his daughter really hit home in me being a new father. I recommended 100%.
This man certainly puts most of the rest of us petty mortals to shame. If I could live and die with even just an approximation of his rectitude, diligence, and openness, then I would consider it a triumph.
Beautiful account of what it is to face your own mortality, way ahead of schedule, and from the ironic perspective of someone who was no stranger to dwelling in a place of life and death. I didn't have any ah-ha moments while reading this book, but I did gain an appreciation for the short and meaningful life Dr. Kalanithi lived.
'When Breath becomes Air' is an incredible and - for lack of a better word - poetic book that is inspirational and deeply soul-nourishing. I've highlighted and re-read passages and sentences on nearly every page in this book. The writing is simple yet very powerful, I recommend this book to everyone.
A wonderfully written treatise on the nature of death and the wonder of life, written by a brilliant neurosurgeon and cancer victim. Highly recommended, especially for those in the medical field.
A wonderfully written treatise on the nature of death and the wonder of life, written by a brilliant neurosurgeon and cancer victim. Highly recommended, especially for those in the medical field.
Once in a while, there's a book that will make me pause when I finish reading it. I will close the book and simply hold it and look at the cover and try and absorb what I just experienced. This is one of those books. It takes hold of you.
It's NOT easy to read from an emotional stand point. You know that Paul died prior to publication. I was most moved and drawn in by the epilogue, written by his wife Lucy.
Power and unforgettable. Elegantly crafted prose. Tragic yet not a tragedy. Just read this.
