"When Breath Becomes Air " is the title of a book by Paul Kalanithi. It is one of the most touching books I have read. Its about a brilliant young neurosurgeon /neuroscientist who at the age of thirty six , in the last year of his residency finds out that he has lung cancer. It is a relatively short book since the author could not complete it . The epilogue was written by his wife Lucy.
Kalanithi was an American of Indian parentage. After a brilliant academic career at Stanford majoring in English and Biology he went to Cambridge and then decided to become a doctor . His Father and Brother are both doctors. After graduating in medicine from Yale he went to Stanford for his residency for specialization as a neurosurgeon.
To read about his battle with cancer, first despair, then hope and then acceptance and trying to make the most of his time and the decision with his wife to have a child is most heart breaking.
The Epilogue itself almost brings to you to tears.
Needless to say the book has received rave reviews from almost every literary source you can imagine.
I would urge you all to read the book.
Kalanithi was an American of Indian parentage. After a brilliant academic career at Stanford majoring in English and Biology he went to Cambridge and then decided to become a doctor . His Father and Brother are both doctors. After graduating in medicine from Yale he went to Stanford for his residency for specialization as a neurosurgeon.
To read about his battle with cancer, first despair, then hope and then acceptance and trying to make the most of his time and the decision with his wife to have a child is most heart breaking.
The Epilogue itself almost brings to you to tears.
Needless to say the book has received rave reviews from almost every literary source you can imagine.
I would urge you all to read the book.
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