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When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi · 2016 · 256 pages
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About This Book
At age thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. This memoir chronicles his transformation from a medical student exploring the meaning of life into a neurosurgeon at Stanford, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.
Book Details
Published
2016
Pages
256
Language
en
ISBN
9780812988406
Awards & Recognition
Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2016)Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Biography or Autobiography (2017)Wellcome Book Prize Shortlist (2017)
Audiobook Available
5h 35m
Narrated by Sunil Malhotra, Lucy Kalanithi
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