What I Talk about When I Talk about Running

from freddlerabbit

I've enjoyed every single one of Murakami's works of fiction, so I put off "What I Talk About" for a long time - I wasn't sure I wanted such a personal connection with someone whose work I've come to love so much, and feared it might change my relationship with his other pieces. But I needn't hav...

from figre

Within the first chapter I felt bored by this series of essays by Murakami on what he thinks about when he is running. Murakami has set a standard for himself to run every day for one hour (something he has done for a very large number of years), and has run at least one marathon a year for that ...

from GrimCat

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...

from BillPilgrim

I enjoyed this book, but that may have been mostly because i am a regular runner. I have never done a marathon, only half-marathons as my maximum. I would expect this book to appeal mainly to runners. Novelists may be interested also though, since the author also writes novels.

from KevinJoseph

As someone who relies on running a means of revitalization and stress relief to counterbalance my demanding legal profession, and as an amateur novelist myself, I found much to relate to in this novelist's honest memoir of his running/writing life. I've always enjoyed memoirs like Stephen King's ...