Biography & Memoir· United States
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul KalanithiAggregate Editorial Score45/100
Goodreads Choice Award
Published 2016232 pagesEnglish
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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a landmark work of biography & memoir, first published in 2016. A brilliant neurosurgeon diagnosed with terminal lung cancer writes about what makes life meaningful in the face of death. Kalanithi's posthumously published memoir is one of the most moving accounts of mortality ever written. Themes of death, medicine, meaning run through the work. The book has received recognition from Goodreads Choice Award 2016.
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Goodreads Choice Award
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201619
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