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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a memoir by Haruki Murakami in which he writes about his interest and participation in long-distance running. Murakami started running in the early 1980s and since then has competed in over twenty marathons and an ultramarathon.
The book's title was inspired by Raymond Carver's collection of short stories entitled .
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a memoir by Haruki Murakami in which he writes about his interest and participation in long-distance running. Murakami started running in the early 1980s and since then has competed in over twenty marathons and an ultramarathon.
The book's title was inspired by Raymond Carver's collection of short stories entitled .
181 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2007
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Haruki Murakami
614?books129k?followersHaruki Murakami (ϴ) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the 카지노싸이트 Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
Growing up in Ashiya, near Kobe before moving to Tokyo to attend Waseda University, he published his first novel Hear the Wind Sing (1979) after working as the owner of a small jazz bar for seven years. His notable works include the novels Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994C95), Kafka on the Shore (2002) and 1Q84 (2009C10); the last was ranked as the best work of Japan's Heisei era (1989C2019) by the national newspaper Asahi Shimbun's survey of literary experts. His work spans genres including science fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction, and has become known for his use of magical realist elements. His official website cites Raymond Chandler, Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan as key inspirations to his work, while Murakami himself has named Kazuo Ishiguro, Cormac McCarthy and Dag Solstad as his favourite currently active writers. Murakami has also published five short story collections, including First Person Singular (2020), and non-fiction works including Underground (1997), an oral history of the Tokyo subway sarin attack, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007), a memoir about his experience as a long distance runner.
His fiction has polarized literary critics and the reading public. He has sometimes been criticised by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, leading to Murakami's recalling that he was a "black sheep in the Japanese literary world". Meanwhile, Murakami has been described by Gary Fisketjon, the editor of Murakami's collection The Elephant Vanishes (1993), as a "truly extraordinary writer", while Steven Poole of The Guardian praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his oeuvre.
Growing up in Ashiya, near Kobe before moving to Tokyo to attend Waseda University, he published his first novel Hear the Wind Sing (1979) after working as the owner of a small jazz bar for seven years. His notable works include the novels Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994C95), Kafka on the Shore (2002) and 1Q84 (2009C10); the last was ranked as the best work of Japan's Heisei era (1989C2019) by the national newspaper Asahi Shimbun's survey of literary experts. His work spans genres including science fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction, and has become known for his use of magical realist elements. His official website cites Raymond Chandler, Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan as key inspirations to his work, while Murakami himself has named Kazuo Ishiguro, Cormac McCarthy and Dag Solstad as his favourite currently active writers. Murakami has also published five short story collections, including First Person Singular (2020), and non-fiction works including Underground (1997), an oral history of the Tokyo subway sarin attack, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007), a memoir about his experience as a long distance runner.
His fiction has polarized literary critics and the reading public. He has sometimes been criticised by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, leading to Murakami's recalling that he was a "black sheep in the Japanese literary world". Meanwhile, Murakami has been described by Gary Fisketjon, the editor of Murakami's collection The Elephant Vanishes (1993), as a "truly extraordinary writer", while Steven Poole of The Guardian praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his oeuvre.
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December 16, 2020
To get through life some people drink copious amounts of alcohol to de-stress. Others smoke tobacco or cannabis. Some try heavier substances. My drug of choice, my way of clearing my head, calming down and escaping for a few hours, is to run. I am an absolute junkie. Sometimes I feel like I live to run. When Im not reading, writing or cycling to work, then Im running. Its a fantastic experience, blasting my favourite psychedelic rock albums as I lose all my troubles on the road. Anyone who has taken up running seriously will understand how much of a drug it can be.
As strange as it may sound, I dont think Id be able to write a single review on here or even read a single book if I didnt run regularly. Im naturally quite a fidgety person. I have lots of energy and dont like to sit still. I want to be outside! I also pace up and down a lot if Im bored. Running calms me down. It allows me to sit at a desk (sometimes all day) writing essays for university. It also means I sleep at night. Without running, I just dont get much. I end up with about 4-5 hours of sleep because Im just not tired. Im then perpetually groggy and moody the next day.
Running is such a healthy thing to do, and, as Murakami recognises, for some people it is essential for mental balance. It keeps them sane. Murakami gets running; he understands the point of it. Ive often been asked: why do you go running? or whats the point of it? The answer is simple: I go running to live. Being a literature student, and working in a pretty slow and unphysical environment, means Im restless. We all need some form of exercise and some time to ourselves to reflect and be introspective. And that's what running is all about, at least for me and the author of this book.
For Murakmi it was an essential part of his writing process. In order to write novels, he had to run. As he was aiming for a deadline or the end of story, he was also aiming for a personal best in his next marathon. Ironically, Im doing the exact same thing. As I approach my dissertation deadline, Im also training for a marathon. Reading the words of another, who did the same thing as Im doing, for the same reasons, is really quite revealing. My idea, which makes little sense to my friends and family, was given much more clarity in these pages. To hear another say the same thing, one who was immensely successful, gave me a little confidence boost and some motivation for my marathon. As a treat to myself, Im actually running it on my birthday.
The book takes on the form of a memoir and relays the memories of the author as he trained, competed and eventually reflected upon his experience. Theres much wisdom to be gained from these pages, and, as I said Murakmi gets running, especially the near meditative mind set it can get you in. During long distance runs your mind forgets about the outside world and get into a sort of rhythm with your body, ten miles can pass in an instant as you experience the "runner's high." Not all runs are as good as this, but on some you lose yourself. Its wonderful. Running is wonderful. And, for the right reader, this would be a wonderful book.
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As strange as it may sound, I dont think Id be able to write a single review on here or even read a single book if I didnt run regularly. Im naturally quite a fidgety person. I have lots of energy and dont like to sit still. I want to be outside! I also pace up and down a lot if Im bored. Running calms me down. It allows me to sit at a desk (sometimes all day) writing essays for university. It also means I sleep at night. Without running, I just dont get much. I end up with about 4-5 hours of sleep because Im just not tired. Im then perpetually groggy and moody the next day.
Running is such a healthy thing to do, and, as Murakami recognises, for some people it is essential for mental balance. It keeps them sane. Murakami gets running; he understands the point of it. Ive often been asked: why do you go running? or whats the point of it? The answer is simple: I go running to live. Being a literature student, and working in a pretty slow and unphysical environment, means Im restless. We all need some form of exercise and some time to ourselves to reflect and be introspective. And that's what running is all about, at least for me and the author of this book.
For Murakmi it was an essential part of his writing process. In order to write novels, he had to run. As he was aiming for a deadline or the end of story, he was also aiming for a personal best in his next marathon. Ironically, Im doing the exact same thing. As I approach my dissertation deadline, Im also training for a marathon. Reading the words of another, who did the same thing as Im doing, for the same reasons, is really quite revealing. My idea, which makes little sense to my friends and family, was given much more clarity in these pages. To hear another say the same thing, one who was immensely successful, gave me a little confidence boost and some motivation for my marathon. As a treat to myself, Im actually running it on my birthday.
The book takes on the form of a memoir and relays the memories of the author as he trained, competed and eventually reflected upon his experience. Theres much wisdom to be gained from these pages, and, as I said Murakmi gets running, especially the near meditative mind set it can get you in. During long distance runs your mind forgets about the outside world and get into a sort of rhythm with your body, ten miles can pass in an instant as you experience the "runner's high." Not all runs are as good as this, but on some you lose yourself. Its wonderful. Running is wonderful. And, for the right reader, this would be a wonderful book.
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You can connect with me on social media via .
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April 13, 2021
This book is literally so pointless
January 28, 2024
i don't care about running, but i do care about murakami.
and this was VERY murakami: thoughtful, unique, addicted to writing about women in the strangest and most objectifying way for genuinely no reason.
you have to hand it to the guy: he meets your expectations.
bottom line: this one's for the fans.
and this was VERY murakami: thoughtful, unique, addicted to writing about women in the strangest and most objectifying way for genuinely no reason.
you have to hand it to the guy: he meets your expectations.
bottom line: this one's for the fans.
August 11, 2008
I'm a bit baffled by how anyone who's not a distance runner could possibly be interested in this book, but I personally got a lot out of it. This is in spite of the fact that I'm not a Murakami girl, and honestly didn't enjoy the style of this book at all. I always feel when I'm reading him that I've somehow wound up with a crappy translation, but then I realize that I'm reading the same version as all the English-only Murakami lovers out there, so apparently I just don't like the way he writes. Still, I did enjoy this book, and I've given it four stars because I've found since finishing that it's really helped me with my own running. Now when I'm out there pounding the pavement, I think of Murakami and some things he wrote about, and it keeps me going. That's just what I'm after with these exercise books!
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running covers three main themes: running, writing, and growing older. This last was sort of a surprise, and was where I drew a large and unexpected amount of comfort, not exclusively related to running. Murakami was in his early thirties when he sold his jazz bar to write a first novel, and he took up distance running around that time. If Murakami can change careers, quit smoking, start running marathons regularly, and become a writer beloved of everyone in the world except for me, well then.... there's hope still for all of us! My life isn't necessarily decided yet, just because I'm nearing thirty. So now when I'm out running, I like to fantasize that I'm a sort of Haruki Murakami/Tilda Swinton figure, who's quit my job in social work to devote myself to my writing career. When I'm not on sabbatical in Hawaii, I live in a sprawling Manhattan castle with my older husband, younger boyfriend, and adorable children, and I take these long, rambling runs through the city to clear my mind for the novel-writing that sustains our unconventional and extremely good-looking family. I am currently at work on a sort of vanity project, this book about exercise called Where I'm Running From, which chronicles my personal journey from indolent vice to literary genius.... I know not all my adoring fans will necessarily enjoy this unconventional little piece, but if it helps a few poor schlumps discover the benefits of running, well then my work is not in vain!
I ran 15 miles yesterday, and not a few of those can be dedicated to Murakami, who really isn't a bad running buddy at all, as far as things go. Running is a solitary sport, which is why I like it, and Murakami understands and in some ways ameliorates the legendary loneliness of the long-distance runner. This is why I'm giving it four stars, even though I thought it was badly written. Again, I don't quite see how anyone who isn't a distance runner could get much from this book, and in fact I got bored towards the end when he started talking about triathlons, as I personally don't swim or bike. I do think non-runners could appreciate the description of his ultra-marathon, which was luridly fascinating to me as someone who would never consider running 62 miles and who believes people who do this sort of thing are complete mental cases. However, the main appeal of this book was in being able to relate to it. Murakami wrote about running, writing, and growing older in a way that made me feel better equipped to slog through all three of these often exhausting activities.... that's no small thing!
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running covers three main themes: running, writing, and growing older. This last was sort of a surprise, and was where I drew a large and unexpected amount of comfort, not exclusively related to running. Murakami was in his early thirties when he sold his jazz bar to write a first novel, and he took up distance running around that time. If Murakami can change careers, quit smoking, start running marathons regularly, and become a writer beloved of everyone in the world except for me, well then.... there's hope still for all of us! My life isn't necessarily decided yet, just because I'm nearing thirty. So now when I'm out running, I like to fantasize that I'm a sort of Haruki Murakami/Tilda Swinton figure, who's quit my job in social work to devote myself to my writing career. When I'm not on sabbatical in Hawaii, I live in a sprawling Manhattan castle with my older husband, younger boyfriend, and adorable children, and I take these long, rambling runs through the city to clear my mind for the novel-writing that sustains our unconventional and extremely good-looking family. I am currently at work on a sort of vanity project, this book about exercise called Where I'm Running From, which chronicles my personal journey from indolent vice to literary genius.... I know not all my adoring fans will necessarily enjoy this unconventional little piece, but if it helps a few poor schlumps discover the benefits of running, well then my work is not in vain!
I ran 15 miles yesterday, and not a few of those can be dedicated to Murakami, who really isn't a bad running buddy at all, as far as things go. Running is a solitary sport, which is why I like it, and Murakami understands and in some ways ameliorates the legendary loneliness of the long-distance runner. This is why I'm giving it four stars, even though I thought it was badly written. Again, I don't quite see how anyone who isn't a distance runner could get much from this book, and in fact I got bored towards the end when he started talking about triathlons, as I personally don't swim or bike. I do think non-runners could appreciate the description of his ultra-marathon, which was luridly fascinating to me as someone who would never consider running 62 miles and who believes people who do this sort of thing are complete mental cases. However, the main appeal of this book was in being able to relate to it. Murakami wrote about running, writing, and growing older in a way that made me feel better equipped to slog through all three of these often exhausting activities.... that's no small thing!
November 25, 2024
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1949-20**
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November 13, 2024
M-a impresionat dintotdeauna modestia lui Haruki Murakami. Autoportretul... ?ncepe ca un jurnal de antrenament pentru maratonul de la New York ?i continu? ca o medita?ie despre via?? ?i scris.
C??i dintre noi au oare curajul s? afirme cu maxim? franche?e c? nu dispun de o iste?ime maxim?? Aproape nimeni. Haruki Murakami nu se sfie?te s? declare abrupt: ?Nu s?nt o persoan? foarte inteligent?. M?rturise?te c? se descurc? greu cu abstrac?iunile. Prefer? teoriilor concretul palpabil. Peste c?teva r?nduri, ??i atenueaz? afirma?ia: ?Sigur, un strop de inteligen?? tot am. Cred c? am. Dar nu e un speculativ ca Proust, Mario Vargas Llosa ori Umberto Eco
?i mai spune: ?S?nt un om imperfect, un scriitor limitat, care duce o via?? banal? ?i plin? de contradic?ii. ?n schimb, ??i recunoa?te o calitate extrem de rar? la muritori: e perseverant, silitor, tenace. Poate rezista unui efort ?ndelungat. ?n plus, se simte bine ?n singur?tate: ?S?nt genul de om care prefer? s? fie singur.
C?nd s-a apucat de scris? E destul de curios, dar a ?inut minte ziua ?n care s-a hot?r?t s? scrie un roman. Se afla pe un stadion, privea un meci de baseball: Era 1 aprilie 1978, ora unu ?i jum?tate dup?-amiaza. Totul a ?nceput ca din ?nt?mplare, nu avea ambi?ii de m?rire, nu-?i dorea notorietate, nu voia s? devin? cel mai curtat prozator din univers. A?a a redactat Ascult? cum c?nt? v?ntul. A fost nominalizat la premiul Akutagawa, nu l-a luat, dar asta nu a avut nici o importan??. ?n definitiv, recunoa?te Murakami, premiul ar fi fost o povar? (interviuri, ?nt?lniri cu cititorii, emisiuni). A ?n?eles, astfel, c? destinul lui este s? scrie.
Odat? cu hot?r?rea de a scrie ?i-a modificat radical programul de via??. Nu mai avea de ce s?-?i piard? nop?ile ?ntr-un bar (afacerea familiei). Trebuia s?-?i cultive rezisten?a fizic?, absolut necesar? prozatorilor. A convocat un sfat ?n familie: ?Eu ?i so?ia mea C am decis s? ne schimb?m stilul de via??. Ne-am hot?r?t s? ne trezim c?nd r?sare soarele ?i s? ne ducem repede la culcare dup? ce se ?ntunec?. Asta era via?a care ni se p?rea nou? fireasc?. Tot din acel moment s-a apucat de jogging ?i a hot?r?t s? participle la alerg?ri pe distan?? lung?. ?n iulie 1983, a mers ?n Grecia ?i a parcurs ?n alergare ?u?oar? drumul de la Atena la Marathon. A fost groaznic. Verile grece?ti s?nt toride, te lichefiezi...
?n opinia lui Murakami, un scriitor are nevoie de trei calit??i: de talent, de concentrare ?i de rezisten??. Crede c? scrisul unui roman e o specie de ?munc? fizic?. C?nd talentul e firav, po?i compensa: ?Din fericire, spre deosebire de talent, aceste abilit??i (puterea de concentrare ?i rezisten?a) se pot dob?ndi ulterior ?i se pot perfec?iona prin exerci?iu. Dac? te a?ezi zi de zi la birou ?i exersezi cum s?-?i focalizezi aten?ia ?ntr-un singur punct, dob?nde?ti ?n mod natural putere de concentrare ?i rezisten??.
Haruki Murakami nu a acceptat niciodat? mitul ?poetului blestemat, cultivat de romantici ?i ilustrat de Verlaine sau Rimbaud. Pentru a scrie un roman interesant nu e nevoie s? duci o via?? extravagant?. ?i nici s? te otr?ve?ti cu absint. E suficient s? te a?ezi zilnic la masa de scris ?i s? rezi?ti acolo 4-5 ore...
P. S. Programul lui Murakami m-a umilit. Nu m-a? putea culca ?n veci odat? cu g?inile...
C??i dintre noi au oare curajul s? afirme cu maxim? franche?e c? nu dispun de o iste?ime maxim?? Aproape nimeni. Haruki Murakami nu se sfie?te s? declare abrupt: ?Nu s?nt o persoan? foarte inteligent?. M?rturise?te c? se descurc? greu cu abstrac?iunile. Prefer? teoriilor concretul palpabil. Peste c?teva r?nduri, ??i atenueaz? afirma?ia: ?Sigur, un strop de inteligen?? tot am. Cred c? am. Dar nu e un speculativ ca Proust, Mario Vargas Llosa ori Umberto Eco
?i mai spune: ?S?nt un om imperfect, un scriitor limitat, care duce o via?? banal? ?i plin? de contradic?ii. ?n schimb, ??i recunoa?te o calitate extrem de rar? la muritori: e perseverant, silitor, tenace. Poate rezista unui efort ?ndelungat. ?n plus, se simte bine ?n singur?tate: ?S?nt genul de om care prefer? s? fie singur.
C?nd s-a apucat de scris? E destul de curios, dar a ?inut minte ziua ?n care s-a hot?r?t s? scrie un roman. Se afla pe un stadion, privea un meci de baseball: Era 1 aprilie 1978, ora unu ?i jum?tate dup?-amiaza. Totul a ?nceput ca din ?nt?mplare, nu avea ambi?ii de m?rire, nu-?i dorea notorietate, nu voia s? devin? cel mai curtat prozator din univers. A?a a redactat Ascult? cum c?nt? v?ntul. A fost nominalizat la premiul Akutagawa, nu l-a luat, dar asta nu a avut nici o importan??. ?n definitiv, recunoa?te Murakami, premiul ar fi fost o povar? (interviuri, ?nt?lniri cu cititorii, emisiuni). A ?n?eles, astfel, c? destinul lui este s? scrie.
Odat? cu hot?r?rea de a scrie ?i-a modificat radical programul de via??. Nu mai avea de ce s?-?i piard? nop?ile ?ntr-un bar (afacerea familiei). Trebuia s?-?i cultive rezisten?a fizic?, absolut necesar? prozatorilor. A convocat un sfat ?n familie: ?Eu ?i so?ia mea C am decis s? ne schimb?m stilul de via??. Ne-am hot?r?t s? ne trezim c?nd r?sare soarele ?i s? ne ducem repede la culcare dup? ce se ?ntunec?. Asta era via?a care ni se p?rea nou? fireasc?. Tot din acel moment s-a apucat de jogging ?i a hot?r?t s? participle la alerg?ri pe distan?? lung?. ?n iulie 1983, a mers ?n Grecia ?i a parcurs ?n alergare ?u?oar? drumul de la Atena la Marathon. A fost groaznic. Verile grece?ti s?nt toride, te lichefiezi...
?n opinia lui Murakami, un scriitor are nevoie de trei calit??i: de talent, de concentrare ?i de rezisten??. Crede c? scrisul unui roman e o specie de ?munc? fizic?. C?nd talentul e firav, po?i compensa: ?Din fericire, spre deosebire de talent, aceste abilit??i (puterea de concentrare ?i rezisten?a) se pot dob?ndi ulterior ?i se pot perfec?iona prin exerci?iu. Dac? te a?ezi zi de zi la birou ?i exersezi cum s?-?i focalizezi aten?ia ?ntr-un singur punct, dob?nde?ti ?n mod natural putere de concentrare ?i rezisten??.
Haruki Murakami nu a acceptat niciodat? mitul ?poetului blestemat, cultivat de romantici ?i ilustrat de Verlaine sau Rimbaud. Pentru a scrie un roman interesant nu e nevoie s? duci o via?? extravagant?. ?i nici s? te otr?ve?ti cu absint. E suficient s? te a?ezi zilnic la masa de scris ?i s? rezi?ti acolo 4-5 ore...
P. S. Programul lui Murakami m-a umilit. Nu m-a? putea culca ?n veci odat? cu g?inile...
May 22, 2022
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say youre running and you think, Man, this hurts, I cant take it anymore. The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.
Haruki Murakamis What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. pairs running and the art of writing (and its demands on focus and endurance). After reading Murakamis Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage a few weeks ago, I had wanted to read more from this author. Admittedly, What I Talk About has a very different (one might say non-literary) quality which differentiates it from his novel. Still, it was an interesting account in which Murakami describes a nearly lifelong connection between running and how that running impacts his writing, and between aging and the potential decline of creative and physical power. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
Haruki Murakamis What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. pairs running and the art of writing (and its demands on focus and endurance). After reading Murakamis Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage a few weeks ago, I had wanted to read more from this author. Admittedly, What I Talk About has a very different (one might say non-literary) quality which differentiates it from his novel. Still, it was an interesting account in which Murakami describes a nearly lifelong connection between running and how that running impacts his writing, and between aging and the potential decline of creative and physical power. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
February 21, 2018
Audiobook.... narrated by Haruki Murakami
Listening to Murakami speak about the very universal way our inner voice functions with random thoughts - like clouds in the sky that come and go - was a little taste of heaven for me.
Given that I, too, was a runner for 25 years of my life - running marathons - and hilly trail half marathons - often beginning my training runs in the dark with a flashlight this was absolutely a lovely delightful Audiobook. I enjoyed it very much.
Im familiar with the language- the culture- the drive - the speed training - the setbacks - the injuries- the exhaustion- the pain - the adrenaline rush on race days - the replacement drinks - the log books - the socks and shoes - the chaffing - the spirituality- the emotions - the runners high and exhilaration.
Ive been away from running almost as many years as I spent running obsessively......
Would I have enjoyed this tape 25 years ago? Not really. I was too busy doing my own thing. I wouldnt have appreciated my own accomplishments back then either It wasnt as though I woke up at 4am - to dress for 33 outside to begin my run and say to myself, arent I inspiring?
Not a chance. BUT NOW.... as an older fart who wouldnt even consider running today, I can indulge in a few semi- inspiring ( or crazy) - memories from my younger running days. I remember starting a marathon in Oakland in the pouring rain.....and it never stopped the entire 26.219 miles. Nuts! I was nuts! And exhilarated. Breakfast was delicious afterwards.
Listening to Murakami share about himself - his daily running schedule- his running in Hawaii- his attempts to answer the questions what does he think about when he is running MIGHT EVEN BE MORE ENJOYABLE - or at least as much - TO THE NON RUNNER - than the runner. As I said .... I dont think I wouldve enjoyed this audiobook as much when I was a runner, as much as I did now.
Murakami says .....
..... he doesnt really think of anything worth mentioning.
...... he runs to avoid
...... occasionally he runs not to get fat
...... The only people who ever even ask him the question of what he thinks about when hes running are people who have never been running and dont have a clue.
...... hes not the type of person, we are being alone for five hours, is painful. He enjoys being by himself.
...... he mostly listens to rock music when he runs because the rhythm is the right beat
......he talked about being a young runner - then turning 50 - he talked about his emotions about growing old.
...... he talked a few times about competition, and how that is not the world and lifestyle he is after. He simply competes with himself.
Theres a lot of wisdom from Murakami. Hes likable and humble. A meditative type of listening and appreciating for me!
Lovely as can be! YES....Im inspired!
Listening to Murakami speak about the very universal way our inner voice functions with random thoughts - like clouds in the sky that come and go - was a little taste of heaven for me.
Given that I, too, was a runner for 25 years of my life - running marathons - and hilly trail half marathons - often beginning my training runs in the dark with a flashlight this was absolutely a lovely delightful Audiobook. I enjoyed it very much.
Im familiar with the language- the culture- the drive - the speed training - the setbacks - the injuries- the exhaustion- the pain - the adrenaline rush on race days - the replacement drinks - the log books - the socks and shoes - the chaffing - the spirituality- the emotions - the runners high and exhilaration.
Ive been away from running almost as many years as I spent running obsessively......
Would I have enjoyed this tape 25 years ago? Not really. I was too busy doing my own thing. I wouldnt have appreciated my own accomplishments back then either It wasnt as though I woke up at 4am - to dress for 33 outside to begin my run and say to myself, arent I inspiring?
Not a chance. BUT NOW.... as an older fart who wouldnt even consider running today, I can indulge in a few semi- inspiring ( or crazy) - memories from my younger running days. I remember starting a marathon in Oakland in the pouring rain.....and it never stopped the entire 26.219 miles. Nuts! I was nuts! And exhilarated. Breakfast was delicious afterwards.
Listening to Murakami share about himself - his daily running schedule- his running in Hawaii- his attempts to answer the questions what does he think about when he is running MIGHT EVEN BE MORE ENJOYABLE - or at least as much - TO THE NON RUNNER - than the runner. As I said .... I dont think I wouldve enjoyed this audiobook as much when I was a runner, as much as I did now.
Murakami says .....
..... he doesnt really think of anything worth mentioning.
...... he runs to avoid
...... occasionally he runs not to get fat
...... The only people who ever even ask him the question of what he thinks about when hes running are people who have never been running and dont have a clue.
...... hes not the type of person, we are being alone for five hours, is painful. He enjoys being by himself.
...... he mostly listens to rock music when he runs because the rhythm is the right beat
......he talked about being a young runner - then turning 50 - he talked about his emotions about growing old.
...... he talked a few times about competition, and how that is not the world and lifestyle he is after. He simply competes with himself.
Theres a lot of wisdom from Murakami. Hes likable and humble. A meditative type of listening and appreciating for me!
Lovely as can be! YES....Im inspired!
May 18, 2025
"Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in a fog, and I believe running helps you to do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life and for me, for writing as whole."
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If you love running, reading, or writing, or are a fan of Haruki Murakami's, this book is for you. is a short ~~ by Murakami's standards ~~ memoir on running, life, music and writing. In addition to this, we discover some of his favorite authors, and their works. Note to self: must track down 's .
Confession time ~~ I'm not a runner. I have no desire to be, but this is a book by Murakami after all so it must be read. To quote the New York Times reviewer: Im guessing that the potential readership for is 70 percent Murakami nuts, 10 percent running enthusiasts and an overlapping 20 percent who will be on the brink of orgasm before theyve even sprinted to the cash register. I fall into that 70%.
While reading this book, I became enamored with Murakami, the man, and his dedicated, practical, and philosophical approach to life, writing, and running. Murakami didnt begin running seriously until he was 33, and now runs 6 miles a day rain or shine. He has competed in many marathons, has run a 62K, and competes in triathlons. And thru this all, Murakami describes himself as an average runner, listening to his musical selection for the day ~~ note to self: must track down Lovin' Spoonful Greatest Hits on Spotify ~~ and taking in the beauty of the world around him. Throughout the book, his running consistency and the dedication he shares with the reader becomes a metaphor for his life and the many accomplishments he has earned throughout his career. Murakami doesn't run to win win races; he runs to be healthy and active. He loves to run. I get that. I love to practice inversions. I once spent 40 minutes standing on my head. My friends thought I was nuts, but Murakami would understand.
Murakami does not make any claims about how running has completely transformed his life. Nor is he trying to sell us on anything. What he does here is simply share his thoughts on running, and the profound impact it can have on a person without even realizing it. Murakami's dedication to running every day, just like his dedication to writing, comes from his belief that maintaining consistency in anything you do will lead to accomplishing the goals you are seeking. This is not to say that there wont be fears to be faced, injuries, delays, or frustrations, but thats part of the experience. This is much the same philosophy espoused in Martin Eden, a book I highly recommend.
The philosophy Murakami most wants to share with us here is that life is about getting a little bit better than where you were. This is also a major theme of his novels. This is mind expanding ~~ it is a lesson for everything we do in this life. Murakami says it even better: For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself. At least thats why Ive put in the effort day after day: to raise my own level. Im no great runner, by any means. Im at an ordinary C or perhaps more like mediocre C level. But thats not the point. The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.
~~
If you love running, reading, or writing, or are a fan of Haruki Murakami's, this book is for you. is a short ~~ by Murakami's standards ~~ memoir on running, life, music and writing. In addition to this, we discover some of his favorite authors, and their works. Note to self: must track down 's .
Confession time ~~ I'm not a runner. I have no desire to be, but this is a book by Murakami after all so it must be read. To quote the New York Times reviewer: Im guessing that the potential readership for is 70 percent Murakami nuts, 10 percent running enthusiasts and an overlapping 20 percent who will be on the brink of orgasm before theyve even sprinted to the cash register. I fall into that 70%.
While reading this book, I became enamored with Murakami, the man, and his dedicated, practical, and philosophical approach to life, writing, and running. Murakami didnt begin running seriously until he was 33, and now runs 6 miles a day rain or shine. He has competed in many marathons, has run a 62K, and competes in triathlons. And thru this all, Murakami describes himself as an average runner, listening to his musical selection for the day ~~ note to self: must track down Lovin' Spoonful Greatest Hits on Spotify ~~ and taking in the beauty of the world around him. Throughout the book, his running consistency and the dedication he shares with the reader becomes a metaphor for his life and the many accomplishments he has earned throughout his career. Murakami doesn't run to win win races; he runs to be healthy and active. He loves to run. I get that. I love to practice inversions. I once spent 40 minutes standing on my head. My friends thought I was nuts, but Murakami would understand.
Murakami does not make any claims about how running has completely transformed his life. Nor is he trying to sell us on anything. What he does here is simply share his thoughts on running, and the profound impact it can have on a person without even realizing it. Murakami's dedication to running every day, just like his dedication to writing, comes from his belief that maintaining consistency in anything you do will lead to accomplishing the goals you are seeking. This is not to say that there wont be fears to be faced, injuries, delays, or frustrations, but thats part of the experience. This is much the same philosophy espoused in Martin Eden, a book I highly recommend.
The philosophy Murakami most wants to share with us here is that life is about getting a little bit better than where you were. This is also a major theme of his novels. This is mind expanding ~~ it is a lesson for everything we do in this life. Murakami says it even better: For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself. At least thats why Ive put in the effort day after day: to raise my own level. Im no great runner, by any means. Im at an ordinary C or perhaps more like mediocre C level. But thats not the point. The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.
December 4, 2013
This was great! But I was kind of hoping it would make me want to quit smoking and start being a runner. It did not. If anything, it solidified my already-pretty-solid hatred of the idea of running. God damn stupid healthy Haruki.
January 17, 2018
It was a rainy evening about seven years ago when I entered a book store. It was the perfect refuge C warm lights, thin crowd, a tea bar and loads of books. I marched to the tea bar, ordered a ginger- mint tea, placed my bag on a chair in the seating area and hopped to the alleys to browse for books while the tea was being brewed. Running my eyes like a squirrel, I was surveying the titles one after another when they came to a halt C they spotted a pristine white cover with a circular swirl in blood red. That is it. If the cover art struck me as a bored painters good night splash, the name at the bottom of it left me thinking. . Err Has the elephant vanished into the red-white whirlpool? What kind of a book could this be? And then, my eyes fell on the name at the top band of the cover. MURAKAMI. Is it a he or she? A Japanese? A Chinese? A Korean? What kind of genre does s/he write in? Is this a book I want to read now, when the evening is setting in and I am on the verge of being serenaded by some piping hot tea and solitude? I toyed with the idea by reading the blurb.
Well, no prizes for guessing that I picked up the book that day. And thus, flagged my relationship with Haruki Murakami. A man, who over the next many years, continued to sway me and surprise me, soothe me and shock me. In his world, ordinary things turned magical; magical became mundane. His idea of love was both endearing and futile, his doggedness both inspiring and fatiguing. He wrote tomes and quickies, short stories and essays, and with every work, left something sparkling for me to wallow in. My journey with him went through , , , , , and and here I am, entering my eighth year with the most wonderful What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
In this heart-warming, inspiring, anecdotal memoir, Murakami talks about his difficult decision to close his profitable and popular restaurant to dedicate time to writing (which he had just begun doing), and falling on the crutches of running to keep him going. Beginning with short sprints to ending up doing a marathon run of 62 miles in his late 50s, he purged all the negativity off his system and attained a constructive void, as he calls it. Insulating himself from worldly cacophony and drawing sweet nectar from his inner springs to fortify his writerly pen is what he achieved by running. While reading, I stumbled upon nuggets of wisdom on writing and life like one would accidentally discover a green patch on the sidelines of a long, tarred running pitch.
Well, no prizes for guessing that I picked up the book that day. And thus, flagged my relationship with Haruki Murakami. A man, who over the next many years, continued to sway me and surprise me, soothe me and shock me. In his world, ordinary things turned magical; magical became mundane. His idea of love was both endearing and futile, his doggedness both inspiring and fatiguing. He wrote tomes and quickies, short stories and essays, and with every work, left something sparkling for me to wallow in. My journey with him went through , , , , , and and here I am, entering my eighth year with the most wonderful What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
In this heart-warming, inspiring, anecdotal memoir, Murakami talks about his difficult decision to close his profitable and popular restaurant to dedicate time to writing (which he had just begun doing), and falling on the crutches of running to keep him going. Beginning with short sprints to ending up doing a marathon run of 62 miles in his late 50s, he purged all the negativity off his system and attained a constructive void, as he calls it. Insulating himself from worldly cacophony and drawing sweet nectar from his inner springs to fortify his writerly pen is what he achieved by running. While reading, I stumbled upon nuggets of wisdom on writing and life like one would accidentally discover a green patch on the sidelines of a long, tarred running pitch.
The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things cant be learned at school.He further says that the most important traits of an author are talent, focus and endurance, in that order. He should know. With a writing career spanning half a century, the margin of error can well be dispatched to near naught. I shall be biased and wear it on my sleeve, for what can you possibly not love in an intent that sounds like this:
It was a major directional change C from the kind of open life wed led for seven years, to a more closed life. I learnt a lot of important lessons during that time. It was real schooling. But you cant keep up that kind of life forever. Just as with school, you enter it, learn something, and then its time to leave.
Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.
I stop everyday right at the point where I feel I can write more. Do that, and the next days work goes surprisingly smoothly."
I felt that the indispensible relationship I should build in my life was not with a specific person, but with an unspecified number of readers.The man loves running, another name for embracing life. He began running when he was thirty-three, and he hasnt stopped since. More vitality, jazz, cats and happiness (and a Nobel) to you, Murakami san. Happy 69th Birthday.
April 29, 2010
"Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness."
Murakami's mind has always fascinated me; that he transcends the normal and dull, spreading them into a realistic, dreamlike, colorful, soulful reality, amazes me. And I think when most of us read someone that fascinates and/or amazes us, we want to know what that person is like -- what makes him or her tick. And obviously we're almost always disappointed: an amazing mind doesn't equal an amazing person: an interesting mind doesn't equal an interesting person. Who can live up to the novel they write? If the novel is any good, it's impossible. Life is like that: full of disillusionment. What takes place in our imagination sure as hell beats "reality". And yet we go through moment to moment thinking we're living in reality-- but really we aren't: Why else do we all disagree so much? We're all living in our own alternate realities and no two are the same.
Getting into a "runner's zone" is an experience in which you immerse yourself in your own reality while simultaneously escaping "reality" by seeming to look down at it and poke fun of it from afar. During this time your own reality is a directly elevated version of itself; a mimicked but increased version -- full of, and due to -- pain and body awareness. While this is happening your consciousness -- while in part far more adeptly aware than normal (because of the pain) C also seems to float away, allowing you to view your reality from high above. All together, you feel how silly everything is: how intense it all is: how lacking it all is: how everything it all is. And you feel....and you float. And you realize how very much the body and mind are connected, and that patience really is a dear virtue. Life itself is enhanced.
"Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent."
One thing I really like about running is how individualistic it is. You choose where you run; you choose when you run; you choose your own pace; you don't have to worry about getting hit in the head with a ball; no asshole is going to wrestle you to the ground or kick you in the shins: you are by yourself in every important way. It's all you. You listen to yourself, the inner rumblings of your mind and body; you get to know pain and pleasure at their extremes. It's all within you: your choice, your body, your consciousness.
We know the world better by knowing ourselves better. And let's be honest: you is all you'll ever be able to trust. You was there from the start and is there now. And you is all there ever was and ever will be.
May 15, 2019
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October 23, 2017
In What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami doesn't try to convince others that we should all become long distance runners/triathletes like him. He does talk about why he took up running, how it has helped him with his creativity and why he will continue to run as long as he feels the need to do so.
I've never read a book by Murakami, other than this one. But, the interesting way in which he views the world makes me think that I'd probably enjoy his stuff.
I listened to this, rather short, audiobook on my daily commute. Murakami shares a lot of intimate details about his life that fans of his writing may really enjoy.
Before he took up running, Murakami said he was overweight and smoked around 60 cigarettes a day. 60 per day!
He wasn't just looking for a way to become fit. He wanted a exercise where he was left alone with his thoughts and challenged to focus for long periods of time.
Murakami says that, when he writes a novel, it is a matter of focus and endurance. He finds it difficult to "drill down through the rock of the mind to hit veins of creativity." (Quoting from memory, please forgive the inaccuracies.)
The focus that runners use to finish a long race is similar, he believes, to the focus needed to write page after page until the end of a novel. I think that type of mental ability is something that could be used in any creative endeavor, not just writing. For Murakami, writing is how he makes his art.
I liked that, even though Murakami loves running and extols its virtues, he says that he never tells other people that they should take it up. He thinks that our life paths reveal themselves to us in a unique way that only we know.
He runs because he loves it. If you love it too, run. If you don't, do what you love- walk, skip, jump, swim, whatever.
I can get behind that philosophy. Do what makes you happy because that happiness is a clue to what you were born to do.
Recommended for writers, runners, Murakami's fans and anyone who enjoys memoirs. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running made me wish that I loved running more. Because I don't.
I've never read a book by Murakami, other than this one. But, the interesting way in which he views the world makes me think that I'd probably enjoy his stuff.
I listened to this, rather short, audiobook on my daily commute. Murakami shares a lot of intimate details about his life that fans of his writing may really enjoy.
Before he took up running, Murakami said he was overweight and smoked around 60 cigarettes a day. 60 per day!
He wasn't just looking for a way to become fit. He wanted a exercise where he was left alone with his thoughts and challenged to focus for long periods of time.
Murakami says that, when he writes a novel, it is a matter of focus and endurance. He finds it difficult to "drill down through the rock of the mind to hit veins of creativity." (Quoting from memory, please forgive the inaccuracies.)
The focus that runners use to finish a long race is similar, he believes, to the focus needed to write page after page until the end of a novel. I think that type of mental ability is something that could be used in any creative endeavor, not just writing. For Murakami, writing is how he makes his art.
I liked that, even though Murakami loves running and extols its virtues, he says that he never tells other people that they should take it up. He thinks that our life paths reveal themselves to us in a unique way that only we know.
He runs because he loves it. If you love it too, run. If you don't, do what you love- walk, skip, jump, swim, whatever.
I can get behind that philosophy. Do what makes you happy because that happiness is a clue to what you were born to do.
Recommended for writers, runners, Murakami's fans and anyone who enjoys memoirs. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running made me wish that I loved running more. Because I don't.
November 20, 2023
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April 20, 2022
If you are a runner, this book is very inspiring. We learn of why Murakami decided to become a writer, leaving behind his jazz bar and how he also committed to running a marathon every year. It is exhilarating (and encouraging!) to see how he completely (and successfully) changed his life. He has run marathons everywhere including the original Marathon to Athens route (albeit in the wrong season!) and about other long-distance races he ran in. He is a fascinating man (who SO deserves a Nobel!) and you get an intimate view of perhaps the greatest Japanese writer at the end of the 20th C and beginning of the 21st.
Fino's Murakami Reviews - Novels
Hear the Wind Sing (1979/1987-2015)
Pinball, 1973 (1980/1985-2015)
A Wild Sheep Chase (1982/1989)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985/1991)
Norwegian Wood (1987/1989-2000)
Dance Dance Dance (1988/1994)
South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992/2000)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995/1997)
Sputnik Sweetheart (1999/2001)
Kafka on the Shore (2002/2005)
After Dark (2004/2007)
1Q84 (2010/2011)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2013/2014)
Killing Commendatore (2017/2018)
Fino's Murakami Reviews - Short Story Collections and Misc
The Elephant Vanishes (1993)
After the Quake (2000/2002)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2006)
Men Without Women (2014/2017)
First Person Singular (2020/2021)
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007/2008)
Fino's Murakami Reviews - Novels
Hear the Wind Sing (1979/1987-2015)
Pinball, 1973 (1980/1985-2015)
A Wild Sheep Chase (1982/1989)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985/1991)
Norwegian Wood (1987/1989-2000)
Dance Dance Dance (1988/1994)
South of the Border, West of the Sun (1992/2000)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995/1997)
Sputnik Sweetheart (1999/2001)
Kafka on the Shore (2002/2005)
After Dark (2004/2007)
1Q84 (2010/2011)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2013/2014)
Killing Commendatore (2017/2018)
Fino's Murakami Reviews - Short Story Collections and Misc
The Elephant Vanishes (1993)
After the Quake (2000/2002)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2006)
Men Without Women (2014/2017)
First Person Singular (2020/2021)
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007/2008)
October 1, 2019
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November 20, 2022
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October 27, 2015
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January 13, 2025
In the land of the rising sun, we run. Murakami is the epitome of this Latin quote from Juvenal "mens sana in corpore sano", a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Murakami opens his journal to describe his life as an athlete and compare it to his writing profession.
I didn't feel much empathy for the characterhe's selfish and not warmor admiration for the writer, which is a prevalent style.
However, the philosophy that emerged from this book seemed correct: talent, concentration, and perseverance are the ingredients of his success as an athlete and writer.
Although his race stories are sometimes redundant, his first 100 km and triathlon are impressive. He also describes the suffering at the end of the race very well.
I don't always agree with him. You don't have to run every day to be efficient and systematically compensate for the day you missed with a more challenging session. With equal training, three-quarters of runners at his level (3:45 in the marathon) would be injured.
His advice should only concern him because he is too forceful. But he does not hide his shortcomings, and finally, his dedication and constancy in the effort (25 years of running races) have inspired me with respect.
Murakami opens his journal to describe his life as an athlete and compare it to his writing profession.
I didn't feel much empathy for the characterhe's selfish and not warmor admiration for the writer, which is a prevalent style.
However, the philosophy that emerged from this book seemed correct: talent, concentration, and perseverance are the ingredients of his success as an athlete and writer.
Although his race stories are sometimes redundant, his first 100 km and triathlon are impressive. He also describes the suffering at the end of the race very well.
I don't always agree with him. You don't have to run every day to be efficient and systematically compensate for the day you missed with a more challenging session. With equal training, three-quarters of runners at his level (3:45 in the marathon) would be injured.
His advice should only concern him because he is too forceful. But he does not hide his shortcomings, and finally, his dedication and constancy in the effort (25 years of running races) have inspired me with respect.
June 29, 2025
So many thoughts after reading this memoir!
First of all, I would like to say it's totally bizarre to rate a memoir as is similarly felt by many readers and reviewers. I can understand today what they meant by that.
And yes, I can also totally understand when a memoir is rated really low. I have done so too with the memoirs about celebrities and famous people because I just picked up the 'memoir' without actually knowing the personality at all or when the so called 'memoirs' are just pictures and only describe their work as a form of promoting themselves or when the book is written really bad or when it seemed like someone else might have written them or it happens when there is nothing much in them.
This particular memoir made me feel like I was reading one of the best written Murakami books. Because I can see the similarity in the writing style/pace as with his other books (fictional). Never have I ever read something about 'sports' like running, marathons, swimming and cycling this invested and I absorbed everything from cover to cover with such zeal.
This is one of those rare few books which I am able to relate so much and something which I plan to reread after a decade. This memoir is already like an old friend who I trust with my life and who I would turn to when I feel lost.
This book is game-changing for me. This particular memoir has given me so much than I had anticipated. Actually I was a bit apprehensive as I really did not know what to expect from this book as it's a non-fiction by my favourite author who's written only fiction and it seemed to talk about running. What should I expect from this book?
Anyway it turned out to be really outspoken and straightforward. To be honest, never in my entire life I would have believed anyone telling me anything that's happening in this memoir to be true unless it's Murakami himself. And it's so amazingly written!
The book has nine chapters/essays with an afterward. As the title says, this book talks mostly about the author's journey of running marathons and the other few sports mentioned.
He has included some parts regarding his writing and his love for music. I would like to say here that it's better to dive into this memoir blindly without expecting much or as to know more about his work or writing or personal life.
And yes, I also feel like you will enjoy this book as much as I do if you like his other books.
First of all, I would like to say it's totally bizarre to rate a memoir as is similarly felt by many readers and reviewers. I can understand today what they meant by that.
And yes, I can also totally understand when a memoir is rated really low. I have done so too with the memoirs about celebrities and famous people because I just picked up the 'memoir' without actually knowing the personality at all or when the so called 'memoirs' are just pictures and only describe their work as a form of promoting themselves or when the book is written really bad or when it seemed like someone else might have written them or it happens when there is nothing much in them.
This particular memoir made me feel like I was reading one of the best written Murakami books. Because I can see the similarity in the writing style/pace as with his other books (fictional). Never have I ever read something about 'sports' like running, marathons, swimming and cycling this invested and I absorbed everything from cover to cover with such zeal.
This is one of those rare few books which I am able to relate so much and something which I plan to reread after a decade. This memoir is already like an old friend who I trust with my life and who I would turn to when I feel lost.
This book is game-changing for me. This particular memoir has given me so much than I had anticipated. Actually I was a bit apprehensive as I really did not know what to expect from this book as it's a non-fiction by my favourite author who's written only fiction and it seemed to talk about running. What should I expect from this book?
Anyway it turned out to be really outspoken and straightforward. To be honest, never in my entire life I would have believed anyone telling me anything that's happening in this memoir to be true unless it's Murakami himself. And it's so amazingly written!
The book has nine chapters/essays with an afterward. As the title says, this book talks mostly about the author's journey of running marathons and the other few sports mentioned.
He has included some parts regarding his writing and his love for music. I would like to say here that it's better to dive into this memoir blindly without expecting much or as to know more about his work or writing or personal life.
And yes, I also feel like you will enjoy this book as much as I do if you like his other books.
April 21, 2022
I finally reach the end. Strangely, have no feeling of accomplishment. The only thing I feel is utter relief that I dont have to runread this book anymore.
I started this book with two prejudices.
First, that the most tedious dinner party conversations typically start with your interlocutor telling you they are in training to run a marathon.
Secondly that an authors work should stand alone from the author - I am with Elena Ferrante here - and that writers writing about themselves or even, perhaps particularly, their writing habits add nothing to their works. The rare exceptions tend to be authors who are a) extraordinary writers and b) whose write their autobiographies in the style of their novels (Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Thomas Bernhard).
This book did nothing to dispel either view.
Murakami is also no prose stylist, at least as rendered into English. In his novels this doesnt entirely matter as his prosaic sentences are enlivened by his fantastic imagination, but writing non-fiction one loses that. Take away the talking vanishing cats, girls with pointy ears and the bottom of wells and there is little left.
So here for example when discussing his return to Cambridge (the lesser version) and the Charles River we are blessed with the insight that Id aged ten years, and thered literally been a lot of water under the bridge. Or that the profound thoughts he has while running include on cold days I guess I think a little about how cold it is. And about the heat on hot days.
There are a tiny handful of interesting nuggets in here about how Murakami became a novelist, perhaps just about enough to make a good New Yorker article, but it doesnt make for a compelling book when one has to wade through running logs (why would anyone else care how many miles he ran in August 2005?! Or what time he did in the New York marathon?) to dig them out. And even with the nuggets it is more interesting to read the versions of his life as represented in his fiction (e.g. loner starts a jazz cafe) than here.
He may have been better writing a book about his bowel habits. More universal and of greater relevance to books (reading at least). And imagine if he had done so and we were greeted by comments such as - books are like bowel movements: sometimes one rushes out of you while others are only squeezed out with lots of time, effort and even pain. Genuinely that is the level of the 'running is like writing a book' insights we get here.
Tedious and not at all illuminating.
I started this book with two prejudices.
First, that the most tedious dinner party conversations typically start with your interlocutor telling you they are in training to run a marathon.
Secondly that an authors work should stand alone from the author - I am with Elena Ferrante here - and that writers writing about themselves or even, perhaps particularly, their writing habits add nothing to their works. The rare exceptions tend to be authors who are a) extraordinary writers and b) whose write their autobiographies in the style of their novels (Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Thomas Bernhard).
This book did nothing to dispel either view.
Murakami is also no prose stylist, at least as rendered into English. In his novels this doesnt entirely matter as his prosaic sentences are enlivened by his fantastic imagination, but writing non-fiction one loses that. Take away the talking vanishing cats, girls with pointy ears and the bottom of wells and there is little left.
So here for example when discussing his return to Cambridge (the lesser version) and the Charles River we are blessed with the insight that Id aged ten years, and thered literally been a lot of water under the bridge. Or that the profound thoughts he has while running include on cold days I guess I think a little about how cold it is. And about the heat on hot days.
There are a tiny handful of interesting nuggets in here about how Murakami became a novelist, perhaps just about enough to make a good New Yorker article, but it doesnt make for a compelling book when one has to wade through running logs (why would anyone else care how many miles he ran in August 2005?! Or what time he did in the New York marathon?) to dig them out. And even with the nuggets it is more interesting to read the versions of his life as represented in his fiction (e.g. loner starts a jazz cafe) than here.
He may have been better writing a book about his bowel habits. More universal and of greater relevance to books (reading at least). And imagine if he had done so and we were greeted by comments such as - books are like bowel movements: sometimes one rushes out of you while others are only squeezed out with lots of time, effort and even pain. Genuinely that is the level of the 'running is like writing a book' insights we get here.
Tedious and not at all illuminating.
October 3, 2011
I must say that I am very thankful to this book for getting me back into the habit of running and giving me a ready made excuse to spend 45 minutes of my time thus.
November 28, 2023
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November 22, 2020
I've been struggling this year with finding forms of exercise I enjoy, so I was hoping this would show me how lifechanging running is. I may have had unrealistic expectations because this is a memoir so it's largely focused on how running affects his own life. I enjoyed it though it didn't really push me one way or another.
February 7, 2017
An easy read but very simplistic and very repetitive. Not a runner myself, prefer walking so didn't really relate to that part. The parts about how he started writing was fairly interesting but all in all was disappointed in this book as a whole. Did quite a bit of skimming.
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