When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
After finishing this book, i thought of my late father who died with cancer as well back in 2013. Dealing with the fact of death is unsettling. Yet there is no other way to live. This book’s tremendous impact comes from the obvious fact that Dr. Kalanithi was such a brilliant polymath. And part comes from the way he conveys what happened to him in the book of his life passionately working and striving, deferring gratification, waiting to live, learning to die – so well. 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 be unmissable.
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