By
Paul Kalanithi
Random
House, 2016. 228 pgs. Biography
At
age seventeen Paul Kalanithi was sure he would be a writer because literature gives
us the opportunity to think about life.
After finishing his undergraduate studies and then graduate degrees in
history and the philosophy of science and medicine he realized that his deepest
interest was in the brain – the organ that allows humans to create and
communicate meaning. He spent years
training to be a neurosurgeon but just as his future as a surgeon and professor
of neurosurgery finally came into view he was diagnosed with stage IV cancer.
Published after his death from cancer in 2015, his memoir profoundly communicates
meaning and eloquently describes his passion for medicine as his way to face
the human struggle between life and death.
His moral and personal approach to the practice of medicine sets
a high standard of practice for all in the medical profession. This beautiful book is impossible to put down
until finished. It has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for the last year.
SH
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