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Loading... What I Talk About When I Talk About Runningby Haruki Murakami
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  cameling | Dec 21, 2009 |  Genial and modest insights into the experience of running (more mental than it seems), as of writing (more physical than it seems). A light account, but evidently a candid one, of the author's lifestyle and mindset, through the reflective pursuit of running. An easy, unpretentious read. (  ) eglinton | Oct 7, 2009 | I loved this book, and while I understand if you aren't a runner, you might not get much out of it, to me it was an interesting look into this authors life, and why he lives the way he does. As someone who runs a little, I related to many of his thoughts about the pain and suffering it can entail, too bad for me it starts to feel that way after 3 miles! I admire his conviction in trying new things and doing what he feels is right for himself, no matter what others say. In that way this book was an inspiration to me. His descriptions of running are very well done, whether of an event, or just a morning jog on the Charles River in Boston. Thumbs up also, for his love of Sam Adams beer, my favorite. (  ) GrimCat | Oct 5, 2009 | "As I run I tell myself to think of a river. And clouds. But essentially I'm not thinking of a thing. All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says." As a runner, I loved this book. IMO this memoir is not just about distance running, ultra-marathon or triathlon, but also about personal standards and the life Murakami leads, both as a running novelist and as an ordinary person. An inspiring book for not only non-professional runners, but also for the not-so physically active readers, who want to have an insight into runners' mind or learn a little bit about (general) endurance. "To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm.This is the important thing for long-term projects. Once you set the pace, the rest will follow." (  ) helka | Sep 22, 2009 | This book is not about running. Rather, it is about the things that tend to pop in and out of Murakami's mind when he's running, or when he's talking about it. The fluidity in which the narration happens is stunning. There is a certain intimacy to the way he writes in this book, almost like he's having a private conversation with you, and you alone. I loved it. (  ) mich_yms | Aug 8, 2009 | 
 To characterize it as briefly as possible: easy on ear and mind alike, it’s the type of prose I would call sort of pretty poor. Running is “sort of a vague theme” (i.e., not just vague but vaguely vague), and the book is “a kind of memoir.” Murakami sort of likes this kind of thing, not just as an indistinct modifier but as a form of category-definition. He’s the “type of person,” “kind of person” — I lost track of the number of times this came up — who likes “sort of laid-back” music and is “sort of a brazen person” who sometimes has “a sort of arrogant attitude.”
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His focus and dedication to what he does, both work and running, is very clear in this book and perhaps without meaning to, he does provide some great running tips and manages to impart the escape and centering to his self that he experiences through his runs.
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