What I talk about when I talk about running
Subtitle: a memoir
By: by Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
Contributors: Gabriel, Philip.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780307269195
Subjects: Murakami, Haruki, -- 1949-; Marathon running
Genres: autobiography; non-fiction
Work titles: Hashiru koto ni tsuite kataru toki ni boku no kataru koto.
First sentence: "I'm in Kauai, in Hawaii, today, Friday, August 5, 2005."
Description: "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, 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 range from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston. Funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a must-read for fans of this masterful yet private writer as well as for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running."
Notes: "Originally published in Japan ... by Bungeishunjū, Ltd., Tokyo, in 2007"--T.p. verso.

"A Borzoi book."