What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
192
Utgivningsdatum
2009-04-02
Upplaga
Export ed
Förlag
Vintage
Översättare
Philip Gabriel
Originalspråk
Japanese
Dimensioner
177 x 111 x 14 mm
Vikt
100 g
Komponenter
,
ISBN
9780099532538

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

A Memoir

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Häftad,  Engelska, 2009-04-02
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In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing. Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and settings ranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revealing, both for fans of this masterful yet private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.
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"Murakami gives me a reason. It might seem romantic, but it's true. I had to run...but I didn't enjoy running. I do enjoy, however, running with Murakami." -- Ioan Marc Jones * Huffington Post UK * "Murakami distils his own process of writing fiction in this layered and meditative memoir." * Big Issue * "A wonderful exploration of work, place and life's meanders." * Geographical *

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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 honours is the Franz Kafka Prize.