What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami reflects on the impact of running on his life and writing in this memoir.

Send us Fan Mail Send us Fan Mail In 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 ...

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Hosts: Alan, Liz

Topics covered

• running
• memoir
• writing
• fitness
• influence

Keywords

• Haruki Murakami
• running
• memoir
• fitness
• writing

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