When Breath Becomes Air
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When Breath Becomes Air
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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Campbell
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Sunil Malhotra
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By:
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Paul Kalanithi
About this listen
The New York Times number-one best seller.
At the age of 36, 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 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.
©2016 Paul Kalanithi (P)2016 Random House AudioBooksCritic Reviews
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- Maxine
- 25-07-2016
Slice of life
Would you consider the audio edition of When Breath Becomes Air to be better than the print version?
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What did you like best about this story?
Paul's descriptive and inspiring quest to find personal meaning in life and battles to find self worth are topics I enjoyed.
What does Cassandra Campbell and Sunil Malhotra bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
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Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Opened my eye's to the physician's stresses and how much doctors truly give gifts to those in their care.
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- Gill Kolk
- 06-05-2016
A book to treasure
Beautifully written and narrated, its like Paul is there telling you his story himself. Very corageous.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-09-2021
Well narrated ending
A beautifully narrated epilogue, one to take all the way to the end. Paul's life was interesting but we never saw more than his feelings about work until the last year of his life.
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- Joel
- 19-06-2016
Amazing and Inspiring
I am not sure why I purchased this audio book although I have always liked memoirs and autobiographies. I am so glad I did and I am sure I will read it many times again. Credit goes to the narrator for bringing Paul's words to life with feeling and emotion just as if he was speaking himself.
Anybody searching for the meaning of life, understanding or just wanting to hear a beautiful story of a life ended too shortly will love this and I would definitely recommend it.
It is clear that Paul Kalanithi had a special skill in the operating theatre and doing any reading of his legacy gives evidence to that. He also had a special skill when it come to the use of the written word and throughout this book there are numerous examples of this remarkable gift.
I really enjoyed this as sad as the story is but found it inspiring and would definitely recommend.
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- Caryn
- 28-05-2017
fantastic
amazing
-made one reflect on life's journey. Written in a really interesting self reflected way.
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- Emma
- 23-01-2017
Beautiful
An amazing, searingly honest, beautiful, heart wrenching account of life, love and death. Powerful and unforgettable.
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- Hiro
- 18-09-2017
Highly recommended
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Sometimes, words are incapable of, and insufficient for describing the thoughts I have in my mind.
Writing about this book now is such an occasion. Simply because I don't have a talent for literature.
Paul Kalanithi did. This book is a testament to his abilities to express his deep thoughts on "living a meaningful life" in a very lucid and elegant style.
But he wasn't a writer. He was a promising neurosurgeon. He had to write this book because.....
This audiobook from Audible is one of the best I've listened to. A deeply touching life story written by this courageous and caring young physician, husband and father. Beautifully narrated by Sunil Malhotra and my favourite Cassandra Campbell.
Epilogue by his wife Lucy is also very lyrical, sincere and beautiful.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-04-2018
Breathtaking
A beautiful story that explores an incredibly intriguing and wise man who has to face a deep human fear - death. Thought provoking, and what many would call a "must read".
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- Anonymous User
- 25-05-2018
Great book
A very accurate depiction of the challenges in communication that individuals in the medical field face with their patients and familial relationships. Reflected so much of my own sentiments. Wanted there to be so much more time for more thoughts and insights. Great listen
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- Givile
- 05-09-2018
Amazing
Simply amazing. Heavy with sadness but full of inspiration for what life is and can be.
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