by Haruki Murakami · Vintage Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099526155
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«What I Talk About When I Talk About Running» is Haruki Murakami's memoir about running and writing, published by Vintage Books in paperback (179 pages, in English).
The author recounts how he started running in 1982, shortly after selling his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, and how running became a discipline parallel to his craft. The narrative combines his preparations for marathons, such as the 2005 New York one, with an intimate reflection on effort, aging, and the mental and physical endurance demanded by both sport and literature.
This English edition was published on April 2, 2009 by Vintage Books and translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel.
For Murakami readers interested in his personal life and for amateur runners looking for a memoir about sport.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.
