When breath becomes air is a memoir of Paul Kalanithi, a young neurosurgeon, written by himself as he transforms from a doctor to a patient. At the age of 35, after long grueling and arduous years of medical training and education just when Paul is about to embark on a much sought after career and future, he is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
The book is about two aspects of his life. In the first part it is about how he grew up reading poetry and literature and obtaining degrees in Literature and how he finally ended up finding his vocation in neurology in search for meaning. The second part is of him being a patient grappling with his dreams vanishing.
Written with a need to be truthful, this memoir is definitely a must read. In a scale of 10 we give it an 8.5
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