set of conclusions about them that is a sort of golden mean." Awards Breathing Lessons won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1989 and was a finalist for the 1988 National Book Award. It was also Time's Book of the Year. References External links Photos of the first edition of Breathing Lessons 1988 American novels Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning works Alfred A. Knopf books Novels set in Baltimore American novels adapted into films English-language books Novels set in one day