![]() ![]() Though he is often self-deprecating about his physique (“…the sad spreadsheet of my life that reveals how much my debts far outweigh my assets”), Murakami’s single-minded focus on the task at hand will impress runners and athletes of all levels. “Not something as grand as a personal history, but calling it an essay collection is a bit forced.” It’s actually a slight but pleasant combination of all three forms, as the author recalls his near-obsession with running, an interest that has occupied him as much as writing during the past 25 years. ![]() “I see this book as a kind of memoir,” he writes. ![]() The celebrated novelist contemplates one of his favorite pastimes.Īdapting his title from the fine Raymond Carver collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Murakami ( After Dark, 2007, etc.) pulls together various pieces he has written on the subject of running over the years. ![]()
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