Summary of When Breath Becomes Air: by Paul Kalanithi Includes Analysis

Summary of When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | Includes Analysis

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When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about Paul Kalanithi’s experiences as a doctor and as a terminally ill patient. The book discusses Kalanithi’s lifelong fascination with questions of human biology, mortality, and meaning. It then examines how these questions are intensified by the author’s own confrontation with lung cancer, sickness, and death.

Kalanithi’s father was a doctor from New York City; his mo...