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Metaphors reveal how a neurosurgeon narrated death while facing terminal cancer
The memoir, published posthumously following Kalanithi's death in 2015, received notable coverage and significant literary recognition. It was selected as a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Biography.
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A new study analyzes the death‑related conceptual metaphors used by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi in his memoir “When Breath Becomes Air,” revealing how he described death after being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at age 36.
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