《When Breath Becomes Air》

by Paul Kalanithi (Author)

Product details

Paperback: 256 pages

Publisher: Vintage; 2 edition (5 Jan. 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1784701998

ISBN-13: 978-1784701994

Product Dimensions:12.9 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm

Product Description

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.

Review

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

"Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful." (Atul Gawande, author of BEING MORTAL)

"A great, indelible book ... as intimate and illuminating as Atul Gawande’s “Being Mortal,” to cite only one recent example of a doctor’s book that has had exceptionally wide appeal ...I guarantee that finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option ... gripping from the start ... None of it is maudlin. Nothing is exaggerated. As he wrote to a friend: “It’s just tragic enough and just imaginable enough.” And just important enough to beunmissable." (New York Times)

"Powerful and poignant." (The Sunday Times)

"Less a memoir than a reflection on life and purpose… A vital book." (The Economist)

Book Description

For readers of Atul Gawande’sBeing Mortal and Henry Marsh’sDo No Harm, an unforgettably powerful and heart-breaking book about how to live.

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书看上去挺好的，印刷也很清晰。

很经典的一本书，买来英文版跟中文版对照着看看。

书看上去挺好的，印刷也很清晰。

挺好的书 后来借给朋友了 没有来得及照相。可以看看。

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书看上去挺好的，印刷也很清晰。