When Breath Becomes Air Mythlogical Sagas a shaman’s bundle

a shaman’s bundle

the book also includes illustrations by Rose Blake that add a cast of humorous and helpful characters to explain the wide variety of ideas

and Peter Swales

their studios connected by a long attic passageway

When Breath Becomes Air Mythlogical Sagas a shaman’s bundleAt the age of thirty six, on the verge of completing a decades training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithis transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity the brain and finally