When breath becomes air
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Verghese, A. 1955- author of foreword.
Kalanithi, Lucy, writer of epilogue.
Published
New York : Random House, [2016].
ISBN
9780812988406, 081298840X, 9780399590405, 0399590404
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Published
New York : Random House, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xix, 228 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780812988406, 081298840X, 9780399590405, 0399590404
UPC
99965850260

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"At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a naïve medical student 'possessed, ' as he wrote, 'by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life' into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality"--Publisher's website.
Awards
PEN Award, Creative Nonfiction, 2017.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kalanithi, P., Verghese, A. 1., & Kalanithi, L. (2016). When breath becomes air (First edition.). Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kalanithi, Paul, A. 1955- Verghese and Lucy, Kalanithi. 2016. When Breath Becomes Air. Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kalanithi, Paul, A. 1955- Verghese and Lucy, Kalanithi. When Breath Becomes Air Random House, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kalanithi, Paul,, A. 1955- Verghese, and Lucy Kalanithi. When Breath Becomes Air First edition., Random House, 2016.

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