An early section recounting Murakami's transition from nightclub owner to novelist offers a particularly vivid picture of an artist soaring into flight for the first time. Murakami offers precious little insight into much of his life as a writer, but what he does provide should be of value to those trying to understand the author's long and fruitful career. Between his anecdotes about writing novels, running marathons, and owning a bar, Murakami goes off on stream-of-consciousness tangents about things hes learned from those experiences. Murakami's insistence on focusing almost exclusively on running can grow somewhat tedious over the course of the book, but discrete, absorbing episodes, such as a will-breaking 62-mile "ultramarathon" and a solo re-creation of the historic first marathon in Greece serve as dynamic and well-rendered highlights. Throughout the first three chapters of, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami shares with us a blend of life stories and life lessons. While the subject matter is radically different from the fabulous and surreal fiction that Murakami (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle) most often produces, longtime readers will recognize the source of the isolated, journeying protagonists of the author's novels in the formative running experiences recounted.
Through a mix of adapted diary entries, old essays, reminiscences and life advice, Murakami crafts a charming little volume notable for its good-natured and intimate tone. Murakami's latest is a nonfiction work mostly concerned with his thoughts on the long-distance running he has engaged in for much of his adult life. What I Talk about When I Talk about Running by Haruki Murakami 3.8 (65) Paperback (Reprint) 17.00 Paperback 17.00 eBook 11.99 Audiobook 11.49 Audio Other 49.
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