“What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” by Haruki Murakami
This book is a wonderful autobiography that focuses on his love of running. Why he picks up the running habit at 33, his gradual training from zero to running a marathon, why and how he makes running one of his daily habits, his struggle during sluggish days when he didn’t feel like running, his most enjoyable runs, his worst marathon race, his experience on several ultra marathon race, and many more, all of which are poured into this very honest memoir.
The book is also a part of a memoir of his other love, writing. It is inserted between his stories of training and races, as a big part of his life, which is so very fascinating as we can see the daily routine of a novelist, including his thought process, how he process inspiration into a written words, and the everyday nitty gritty as a writer.
It is a short book, but filled with a lot of gems. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
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