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What
ITalk About When I Talk About Running
Product Details
Paperback:179pages
Publisher:Vintage;Export
ed edition (2009)
Language:English
ISBN-10:0099532530
ISBN-13:978-0099532538
ProductDimensions:4.3
x 0.5 x 7 inches
ShippingWeight:3.5
ounces
Book De*ion
In 1982,
havingsold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami
beganrunning to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo
coursefrom Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races,
notto mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books,
hereflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and
onhis writing. Equal parts travelogue, training log,
andreminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his
four-monthpreparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and
settingsranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once
shared thecourse with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston
among youngwomen who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of
sportemerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka
momentwhen he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs
anddisappointments, 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.
ITalk About When I Talk About Running
Product Details
Paperback:179pages
Publisher:Vintage;Export
ed edition (2009)
Language:English
ISBN-10:0099532530
ISBN-13:978-0099532538
ProductDimensions:4.3
x 0.5 x 7 inches
ShippingWeight:3.5
ounces
Book De*ion
In 1982,
havingsold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami
beganrunning to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo
coursefrom Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races,
notto mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books,
hereflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and
onhis writing. Equal parts travelogue, training log,
andreminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his
four-monthpreparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and
settingsranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once
shared thecourse with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston
among youngwomen who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of
sportemerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka
momentwhen he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs
anddisappointments, 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.
