When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi: Top 50 Facts Countdown

It was Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s health that began to stumble at the age of 36. Just before he was about to complete a decade of his neurosurgeon training at Stanford, Paul had a CT scan and it was suspected that he was on the last stage of lung cancer. Paul and his wife Lucy had imagined and planned a lot for their future, but everything seemed to be scattered when once a doctor dedicated to treat the dying, he, himself turned to be a patient struggling for life. Paul ended his life on 9th of March, 2015, within two years of his diagnosis. The novel, When Breath Becomes Air describes some of the most essential questions of life. A description of meaningful life and the struggle to make it worth living while facing death, consequences that takes place when future seems to be tumbling down instead of stretching upwards. When goals of life flatten and the purpose of living comes to an end, this ultimately beautiful and heart breaking novel is altogether known as When Breath Becomes Air.

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