ISBN-13 书号:9780399590405
Author 作者:Paul Kalanithi
出版社:Random House
Publication Date 出版日期:20170103
Product Dimensions 商品尺寸:20.4x13.2x1.5cm
Shipping Weight 商品重量:0.16kg
Shipping Weight Language 语种:英语
pages 页数:256
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
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At the age of thirty six on the verge of completing a decade s worth of training as a neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer One day he was a doctor treating the dying and the next he was a patient struggling to live And just like that the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi s transformation from a na ve medical student possessed as he wrote by the question of what given that all organisms die makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain the most critical place for human identity and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality
What makes life worth living in the face of death What do you do when the future no longer a ladder toward your goals in life flattens out into a perpetual present What does it mean to have a child to nurture a new life as another fades away These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving exquisitely observed memoir
Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015 while working on this book yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality in a sense had changed nothing and everything he wrote Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head I can t go on I ll go on When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable life affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient from a brilliant writer who became both
Praise for When Breath Becomes Air
I guarantee that finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option Part of this book s tremendous impact comes from the obvious fact that its author was such a brilliant polymath And part comes from the way he conveys what happened to him passionately working and striving deferring gratification waiting to live learning to die so well Janet Maslin The New York Times
An emotional investment well worth making a moving and thoughtful memoir of family medicine and literature It is despite its grim undertone accidentally inspiring The Washington Post
Possesses the gravity and wisdom of an ancient Greek tragedy Kalanithi delivers his chronicle in austere beautiful prose The book brims with insightful reflections on mortality that are especially poignant coming from a trained physician familiar with what lies ahead The Boston Globe
Devastating and spectacular Kalanithi is so likeable so relatable and so humble that you become immersed in his world and forget where it s all heading USA Today
It s Kalanithi s unsentimental approach that makes When Breath Becomes Air so original and so devastating Its only fault is that the book like his life ends much too early Entertainment Weekly
Split my head open with its beauty Cheryl Strayed
(一) 这本书给我的感觉,简直就像是走进了一场精心编排的、却又无比真实的内心独白。作者的文字有一种奇异的魔力,它不急不躁,如同夏日午后缓缓流淌的溪水,却在不经意间触碰到你内心最柔软、最深处的那些疑问。我读到那些关于“存在的意义”的探讨时,简直不敢相信一个医学背景的人能将哲学思辨与生活细节糅合得如此天衣无缝。他描述的那些临床场景,不是冷冰冰的教科书式记录,而是充满了人文关怀的观察,每一个病人的眼神、每一次病房里的沉默,都被他捕捉得淋漓尽致。这种细腻到令人心悸的洞察力,让我在阅读过程中,常常需要停下来,深深地吸一口气,消化那种扑面而来的真实感。最让我震撼的是他对自我身份重塑的描绘,从一个掌控生命的技术专家,转变为一个被生命审视的对象,这种角色的巨大反转,他处理得异常优雅和坦诚,丝毫没有矫揉造作的痕迹。这本书的叙事节奏把握得极好,时而缓慢沉思,时而又因突如其来的情感冲击而加快,像一部节奏感极强的交响乐,每个乐章都恰到好处地激发了读者的共鸣。
评分(二) 说实话,一开始我抱着一种猎奇的心态翻开这本书的,毕竟“死亡”这个主题,总带着一种沉重的滤镜。然而,这本书很快就打破了我的固有印象。它没有那种刻意的煽情,反而用一种近乎冷静的科学家的笔触,去解剖和审视生命走到尽头时的各种情境。这种“冷静”并非冷漠,而是一种穿透表象直达本质的清醒。我尤其欣赏作者在描述家庭关系时所展现出的那种复杂性。爱、责任、恐惧、不舍,这些情感交织在一起,被他描绘得如此真实,没有哪个角色是扁平化的符号,每个人物都有其内在的挣扎和光辉。例如,他对伴侣的描述,那种深沉而又充满烟火气的爱恋,让人在心酸之余,也感受到了生命中最坚韧的力量。这本书的文字结构很有趣,它像是碎片化的记忆和清晰的逻辑推理的碰撞,每一次跳跃都似乎在提醒读者:生活本就如此,充满了不确定性和突如其来的变故,而我们能做的,就是尽量保持清晰的头脑去面对。
评分(四) 对于文学爱好者来说,这本书在叙事技巧上展现了非凡的功力。它巧妙地在非虚构的纪实性与高度提炼的文学性之间找到了一个完美的平衡点。作者似乎深知,最好的故事往往不需要任何人为的渲染,真实本身就具有撼动人心的力量。我欣赏他对时间线的处理,时间感在书中是流动的、主观的,有时候一秒钟的挣扎被拉得很长,而数年的生活片段又被迅速概括。这种灵活的叙事处理,模拟了人在经历重大事件时大脑的运作方式,让人产生极强的代入感。它不像是一本标准的传记,更像是一部哲学随笔套着一层医学外衣,探讨的核心议题是关于“如何有尊严地活着”以及“如何有意义地告别”。这种对生命终极议题的探讨,深度远超同类题材的作品,因为它立足于第一手的、专业的观察视角,却又充满了最普遍的人类情感。
评分(三) 这本书的语言风格,我个人觉得是那种极简主义的美学体现。它不堆砌华丽的辞藻,每一个词语似乎都被作者仔细掂量过,放在最恰当的位置上,以求达到最大的情感穿透力。我注意到他经常使用一些对比强烈的意象,比如手术室的冰冷无菌与人内心涌动的热烈情感之间的反差,这种对比极大地增强了文字的张力。阅读过程中,我仿佛置身于作者的意识流中,体验着他从一个医学精英到需要面对自身脆弱性的转变过程。这种转变过程的心理描写极其到位,他没有回避恐惧,反而直视它,剖析它,最终似乎达成了一种微妙的和解。这种和解不是放弃,而是一种更高层次的接纳。这本书的后劲非常大,合上书本之后,那种回味悠长的感觉持续了很久,它迫使你重新审视自己生命中那些被忽略的小确幸和宏大叙事。它像一面镜子,清晰地映照出我们面对不可抗力时的真实反应。
评分(五) 我必须承认,读完这本书后,我的生活视角产生了一些微妙的偏移。它没有给我提供任何解决生命难题的“标准答案”,也从未试图给出那种空洞的安慰剂。相反,它提供的是一种清晰的视角,一种关于接受限制的智慧。作者对于细节的关注,尤其是在描述他与家人互动时所流露出的那种深沉的依恋,让我开始重新审视我与我身边人的关系。这本书的伟大之处在于,它将一个极端个人化的悲剧,转化成了一份普世的礼物——一份关于如何更深刻地去爱、更清醒地去生活的指南。书中的每一章似乎都是一次温柔的提醒,提醒我们生命的有限性,从而激发我们对当下的无限珍惜。它不是一本让你哭泣的书,而是一本让你思考,并最终让你对“活着”这件事怀抱更复杂、更敬畏情感的书。
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