Instead, he ended up with a very different kind of memoir.
Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: I cant go on.
Its this unsentimental approach that makesWhen Breath Becomes Airso originaland so devastating.
Theres no redemption here.
Kalanithi died before he finished the book, leaving his wife Lucy to write a beautiful but painful epilogue.
Would it be practical to have a child?
His struggle to live a normal life makes his experience all the more immediate for the reader.
If thats true, you might imagine asking Samuel Beckett, then why go on?
Its only fault is that the book, like his life, ends much too early.A
