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When Breath Becomes Air

The powerful and moving memoir of a doctor, the global bestseller

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When Breath Becomes Air

De : Paul Kalanithi
Lu par : Sunil Malhotra, Lucy Kalanithi
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THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

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.

'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times

© Paul Kalanithi 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016

 Développement personnel Maladie et pathologies physiques Mort et fin de vie Médecine Perte et deuil Professionnels et universitaires Relations Sociologie
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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)
Powerful and poignant.
Extraordinary...Remarkable... luminous, revelatory memoir about mortality and what makes being alive meaningful ... Lyrical, intimate, insistent and profound. Kalanithi had the mind of the polymath and the ear of a poet.
A stark, fascinating, well-written and heroic memoir. (Stefanie Marsh)
Exceptional. (Katie Law)
When I came to the end of the last flawless paragraph of When Breath Becomes Air, all I could do was turn to the first page and read the whole thing again. Searingly intelligent, beautifully written, and beyond brave, I haven't been so marked by a book in years. (Gabriel Weston, author of DIRECT RED)
A meditation on what makes a life worth living.
A powerful and compelling read.

Dr Kalanithi describes, clearly and simply, and entirely without self-pity, his journey from innocent medical student to professionally detached and all-powerful neurosurgeon to helpless patient, dying from cancer. He learns lessons about the reality of illness and the doctor-patient relationship that most doctors only learn in old age but Paul Kalanithi died at the tragically early age of 37.

Every doctor should read this book - written by a member of our own tribe, it helps us understand and overcome the barriers we all erect between ourselves and our patients as soon as we are out of medical school
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Obviously there are some very sad moments in this book, as is to be expected given the context, but the author also has a beautiful perspective on life and death, talking about his experience of this as a doctor and as a patient. I really recommend listening, for a calm yet prominent reminder that we are all mortal, and should focus primarily on love, gratitude and overall happiness.

Beautifully written & performed

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"When there's no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon's only tool."
"Words have a longevity i do not."
Lines like these often appear in this touching and profound writing, and when they do, the poetry becomes heartbreaking.

profound

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histoire qui touche profondément le cœur et l'esprit, et ça pose des questions sur la mort et sur la relation avec les plus proches. à écouter. 5h30 de ma vie qui m'ont marqué

emotionel

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I had high expectations for life changing lessons in this book. Instead it was simply a nice story to reflect on. I was a bit teary at the end. worth a listen.

a lovely story

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