#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes...

PAUL KALANITHI was a neurosurgeon and writer. He held degrees in English literature, human biology, and history and philoso¿phy of science and medicine from Stanford and Cambridge universities before graduating from Yale School of...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER `A vital book about dying. Awe-inspiring and exquisite. Obligatory reading for the living¿ Nigella Lawson At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade¿s training as a neurosurgeon,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes...