{"id":40344,"date":"2016-03-24T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=40344"},"modified":"2016-03-24T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T14:37:24","slug":"when-breath-becomes-air-by-paul-kalanithi-foreword-by-abraham-verghese-in-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/when-breath-becomes-air-by-paul-kalanithi-foreword-by-abraham-verghese-in-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, foreword by Abraham Verghese [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"When<\/a>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nIn his sublime “foreword [that] might be better thought of as an afterword,” physician and bestselling author\u00a0Abraham Verghese<\/a> reveals that he came to know Paul Kalanithi “most intimately when he’d ceased to be.”\u00a0That, too, is true of every listener here. Neurosurgeon Kalanithi died in March 2015 from lung cancer at the age of 37 and was, by all accounts, an exceptional human being.\u00a0This posthumous release \u2013 most simply put \u2013\u00a0is an exquisite treatise on how to live. And his final words? A simple evocation of joy intended for his baby daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe ready,\u201d Verghese urges, \u201csee what it is to still live. Listen to Paul.\u201d<\/p>\n

Air\u00a0<\/em>just might be veteran narrator Cassandra Campbell’s most affecting narration ever: possibly never again will her voice cause such an instantaneous reaction. The transition from protean\u00a0Sunil Malhotra<\/a>, who reads the main work, to Campbell reading Kalanithi’s widow Lucy’s lengthy epilogue signals that Kalanithi is truly gone. The book’s first paragraph warned you, and yet the actual voice change will break listeners’ hearts.<\/p>\n

Verdict<\/strong>:\u00a0In words and narration, in death and in hope, Kalanithi deserves the same reverent admiration as Oliver Sacks, Joan Didion, and Randy Pausch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: modified from\u00a0“Audio,” Library Journal<\/em>, March 15, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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