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# What I Talk about When I Talk about Running: A Memoir

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Review: loved this book! picked it up based on ana wallace on youtube recommendation - she rereads it every year. for her it’s a reference points that she goes back to, and it’s the same for me! would love to get a hardback version signed by him someday
Review: Que l'on soit coureur de fonds expérimenté ou joggeur occasionnel, on ne pourra qu'être touché et se reconnaître dans cet ouvrage. Car ici il ne s'agit pas d'un ouvrage technique sur la course à pied mais davantage sur l'auteur en tant que marathonien. Ainsi sont explorés les doutes, les satisfactions et les raisons qui poussent un coureur à se lever le matin et à enfiler ses chaussures pour entreprendre un exercice le plus souvent harassant. Cet essai nous éclaire également sur ce qu'apporte à l'auteur la pratique du sport d'endurance. Il nous en apprend davantage sur son caractère et sa façon d'envisager sa vie d'écrivain. Le parallèle entre sa carrière professionnel et son parcours en tant que coureur apparaît alors. Cela en fait un ouvrage indispensable à tout amateur de de Murakami (ce dont je suis). C'est finalement un ouvrage sur l’accomplissement personnel, la nécessité, pour certains, de se poser sans cesse des objectifs et des défis à relever. Au final, la qualité intrinsèque de l'ouvrage fait qu'il n'est nul besoins d'être un coureur ou un familier de Murakami pour pleinement l’apprécier. De mon côté, en tant que coureur occasionnel et admirateur, je ne saurai que trop le recommander.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #13,790 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Athletics & Gymnastics #10 in Biographies of Authors #13 in Sports Biographies |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,169) |
| Dimensions  | 13.03 x 1.47 x 20.24 cm |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0307389839 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0307389831 |
| Item weight  | 1.05 Kilograms |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 192 pages |
| Publication date  | 11 August 2009 |
| Publisher  | Vintage |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by C***N on 5 April 2024*

loved this book! picked it up based on ana wallace on youtube recommendation - she rereads it every year. for her it’s a reference points that she goes back to, and it’s the same for me! would love to get a hardback version signed by him someday

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by C***S on 23 March 2014*

Que l'on soit coureur de fonds expérimenté ou joggeur occasionnel, on ne pourra qu'être touché et se reconnaître dans cet ouvrage. Car ici il ne s'agit pas d'un ouvrage technique sur la course à pied mais davantage sur l'auteur en tant que marathonien. Ainsi sont explorés les doutes, les satisfactions et les raisons qui poussent un coureur à se lever le matin et à enfiler ses chaussures pour entreprendre un exercice le plus souvent harassant. Cet essai nous éclaire également sur ce qu'apporte à l'auteur la pratique du sport d'endurance. Il nous en apprend davantage sur son caractère et sa façon d'envisager sa vie d'écrivain. Le parallèle entre sa carrière professionnel et son parcours en tant que coureur apparaît alors. Cela en fait un ouvrage indispensable à tout amateur de de Murakami (ce dont je suis). C'est finalement un ouvrage sur l’accomplissement personnel, la nécessité, pour certains, de se poser sans cesse des objectifs et des défis à relever. Au final, la qualité intrinsèque de l'ouvrage fait qu'il n'est nul besoins d'être un coureur ou un familier de Murakami pour pleinement l’apprécier. De mon côté, en tant que coureur occasionnel et admirateur, je ne saurai que trop le recommander.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by T***A on 22 April 2012*

I must state that having heard so much about Murakami and of the immense popularity of "1Q84", I wanted to see what it was all about. Being a triathlete, I decided that this was the book to pick up first. A fast read, it is a memoir of how he first became a runner and his perception on life. He's a bare-bones sort of guy, wants no embellishment and doesn't glamorize anything. He is practical on his outlook on life but has that part that all athletes can relate to: the training. I was intrigued by the fifth and sixth chapters because it became more introspective (the image of the young college students running past him, their strides reflecting their attitude that no one can beat them was especially poignant). As an intro into his world and writing, I found the book a pleasant and welcome addition to my library as well as an inspiration. In the first chapter, the quote "pain is inevitable, suffering is optional" is something any endurance athlete can relate to. He asks for no pity when he doesn't do as well as he planned and hoped (which was more or less all of the competitions he wrote about) but being Japanese, for as much as he has wandered away from a Japanese style of writing, he is very much of a Japanese heart and therefore, writes in that mindset. I do get the feeling that his other work is a bit different in style because here he adheres to the truth of how his competitions played out, how he felt and how hard he worked to reach that unattained goal. Perhaps I err but I felt that he felt more free because it was that much easier to write; I mean, he was there. All in all, I would read another book of his. He is an honest writer and doesn't care what people think of this memoir. He just wanted to do it for himself and that gets high marks in my book.

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