<Inochi> to Gan Kanja to Natte Kangaeta Koto (Iwanami Shinsho Shinaka Ban 1759)

[Machine Translation] How can a person live in a situation of "absolute doom"? The sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, the choice of treatment to live, what to eat, the confusion after the surgery, the unreachable voice of the patient, the fear of death.... He talks about the issues of "life" that he realized for the first time after becoming a patient, and he philosophizes about them in a frank and sincere manner. (This is a book of suggestions about life, written for people living in the "cancer era" and for the future.

“絶対絶命”の状況を、人はいかに生きうるのか。突然の膵臓がん宣告、生きるための治療の選択、何を食べればいいのか、術後の戸惑い、届かぬ患者の声、死の恐怖...。患者となって初めて実感した“いのち”の問題を、赤裸々に真摯に哲学する。「がん時代」を生きる人へ、そして未来に向けて書き遺された、いのちをめぐる提言の書。