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020			_a9780099526155
041			_aeng
100			_aMurakami, HarukiUK : _926328
245			_aWhat I talk about when I talk about running / _cHaruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel
260			_aUK : _bPenguin Random House, _c2008.
300			_aviii, 180p.
520			_aIn 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 dozen critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places 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 marvelous lens of sport emerges a panorama 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 revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in running.
650		4	_aJapanese Literature _926114
650		4	_aNonfiction _922893
650		4	_a Memoir _926329
650		4	_a Biography _922891
650		4	_aHaruki Murakami _xAutobiography _926330
700			_aGabriel, Philip _926331
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