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When Breath Becomes Air

  • Paul Kalanithi

3.88

26 ratings

When Breath Becomes Air is a non-fiction autobiographical book written by American neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi. It is a memoir about his life and illness, battling stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House on January 12, 2016.

Genres

  • philosophy
  • Neurosurgeons
  • Cancer
  • Lungs
  • Husband and wife
  • Patients
  • Personal Memoirs
  • Health
  • Biography
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES
  • Death & Dying
  • Biographies
  • MEDICAL
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Lung cancer patients
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • General
  • Husbands
  • Biografia
  • Pulmones
  • Cónyuges
  • Cirujanos
  • Cáncer
  • Pacientes
  • Biografía
  • Lungs, cancer
  • Cancer, patients, biography
  • Terminally ill, biography
  • Surgeons, biography
  • Physician and patient
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
  • MEDICAL / General
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying
  • nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2016-01-31
  • New York Times bestseller
  • Terminally ill
  • Kalanithi, paul
  • Healthkalanithi, paul
  • Attitude to death
  • Lungs--cancer--patients
  • Lungs--cancer--patients--united states--biography
  • Neurosurgeons--biography
  • Rc280.l8 k35 2016
  • 2016 d-937
  • Wz 100
  • Wz 100 k14w 2016
  • 616.99/424
  • Bio026000 med000000 soc036000
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About the author

  • Paul Kalanithi

    1 Apr 1977 - 9 Mar 2015

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    Lao Động (Alpha)

    Feb 24, 2018

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    Wydawnictwo Literackie

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    Wydawnictwo Literackie

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Altin Kitaplar

Apr 13, 2016

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    Random House

    2016

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    Random House LCC US

    Jan 01, 2019

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    Bodley Head

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    Penguin Random House USA Ex

    Jan 03, 2017

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    Random House Audio

    Feb 16, 2016

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    Chu ban

    Shi bao wen hua chu ban qi ye gu fen you xian gong si, Shi Bao Chu Ban/Tsai Fong Books

    2016

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    Vintage

    2017

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    JC Lattès

    2017 February

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    Vaka-Helgafell

    2017

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    Random House Audio

    2016 January 12

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    Books on Tape

    2016 January 12

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    The Bodley Head

    2016

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    Seix Barral

    2016

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    Sextante

    2016

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    Knaus

    2016

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    The Bodley Head

    2016

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    Random House

    2016

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    Laguna

    2016

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    Клуб Сімейного Дозвілля

    2016

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    Hollands Diep

    2016

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    Primera edicion

    Océano

    2016-03

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    Lindhardt og Ringhof

    2016

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    Hollands Diep

    2016

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    printing (5)

    Random House

    2016

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    Mondadori

    Apr 04, 2017

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    CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    2017

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    Penguin Random House

    2019

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    Large print edition.

    2016

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    Random House

    2016

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    Bentang

    2016 August