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First published 2016

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

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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.

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ISBN 9789752122567 · 9781548493486 · 9788432229497