Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into forty-two languages. The most recent of his many honors is the Franz Kafka Prize.www.harukimurakami.com
"Beautifully written and full of great running aphorisms...Anyone
who knows perseverance can appreciate this work." –Helen Montoya,
San Antonio Express-News
"Engaging, insightful...What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
extends [Murakami's] winning streak." –Jenny Shank, Sunday
Camera
"[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is] a graceful
explanation of Mr. Murakami's intertwining obsessions, conveyed
with his characteristic ability to draw unexpected connections.
Running may be a matter of placing one foot in front of the other
on the ground, but, as is so often the case with Mr. Murakami,
terrestrial objects have a tendency to take flight." –Chloë Schama,
New York Sun
"Murakami constructs this piecemeal narrative with the same
masterful, accessible prose marked by humor and streaks of magic
which has made him a household name, the same staggering insights,
the same fascinating connections...this is exactly what makes
Murakami so special: his ability to render everything a part of
everything else, and to end with monumental poignancy...In an
extremely personal, candid and moving way, the book makes one want
to read and run at the same time." –Reynard Seifert, Austin Fit
Magazine
"[Murakami's] descriptive eye is as acute as ever...Fascinating...A
glimpse into the creative process of one of the world's great
writers." –Dan Pope, The Hartford Courant
"Enthralling...Throughout this quirky, brilliant gem, Murakami's
life lessons unfold with plainspoken power that should prove
valuable to a broad readership–even those who have no ambitions to
write elaborate novels or run grueling races." –Hank Shteamer, Time
Out New York
"A felicitous, casual series of reflections and
anecdotes...[Murakami] has a Warholian way of tinting the mundane
with mystery and restrained humor...Do still waters run deep? This
paean to a runner's life keeps us, pleasurably, wondering." –Joel
Rice, The Tennessean
"In What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, [Murakami] has
turned something seemingly mundane–his running journals–into a
brilliant meditation on how his running and writing nurture and
sustain each other...With spare, engaging prose...Murakami shares
his runner's high." –Farrell Evans, Sports Illustrated
"[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running] provides a
fascinating portrait of Murakami's working mind and how he works
his magic on the page...[a] charming, sober little book." –John
Freeman, Newark Star-Ledger
"A genuine memoir, filled with gentle minutiae that truly
communicates the rhythm of Murakami's daily life and
work...Murakami actually offers himself whole." –Jesse Jarnow,
Paste Magazine
"Highly recommended...Practical philosophy from a man whose insight
into his own character, and how running both suits and shapes that
character, is revelatory and can provide tools for readers to
examine and improve their own lives." –Library Journal
“If we all ran like brilliant Japanese novelist Murakami, would we
write as well as he does?” —Library Journal
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