From Publishers Weekly
Murakami's latest is a nonfiction work mostly concerned with his thoughts on the long-distance running he has engaged in for much of his adult life. Through a mix of adapted diary entries, old essays, reminiscences and life advice, Murakami crafts a charming little volume notable for its good-natured and intimate tone. While the subject matter is radically different from the fabulous and surreal fiction that Murakami (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle) most often produces, longtime readers will recognize the source of the isolated, journeying protagonists of the author's novels in the formative running experiences recounted. Murakami's insistence on focusing almost exclusively on running can grow somewhat tedious over the course of the book, but discrete, absorbing episodes, such as a will-breaking 62-mile ultramarathon and a solo re-creation of the historic first marathon in Greece serve as dynamic and well-rendered highlights. Murakami offers precious little insight into much of his life as a writer, but what he does provide should be of value to those trying to understand the author's long and fruitful career. An early section recounting Murakami's transition from nightclub owner to novelist offers a particularly vivid picture of an artist soaring into flight for the first time. (Aug.)
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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 four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvelous lens of sport emerges a panorama of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back.
By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in running.
##之所以對這本書感興趣,其實更大程度上是因為跑步本身,而並非村上。這一點,相信許多原本有過類似長跑經驗的想必都有如此體會,說起來,跑步這一種運動難免過於私人,過於自我。 我是在初中在同學到鼓動下開始個人的跑步曆程的,原本就是喜歡運動的人,有瞭同伴於是大多放學後...
評分##治愈係~~ 大愛裏麵很多名言,尤其是“in the long distance, the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”
評分##最近在讀村上春樹的《當我談跑步時,我談些什麼》,因為涉獵的書太多,始終沒有集中注意力去仔細閱讀。直到這幾天,在讀的時候,把自己的腦子倒空,卻有瞭一種收獲的喜悅。 其實,我們每天平凡生活,最熟悉的莫過於自己。你瞭解自己的習性,習慣,思維方式,包括自己的身體。...
評分 評分##跑步的時候反復聽, 不想跑的時候反復聽,沒力氣的時候反復聽,這本書最近簡直變成我的精神支柱。
評分##我不是老林的粉絲,不過對比一下,還是老林的好。 施自身的語文水準沒有老林高,行文有風格不統一,雜糅,囉嗦的毛病。 比如,“對於長期作業實在至為重要”,這個實在+至為太纍贅,我不知道是不是村上自己在這麼強調,翻譯的時候有沒有必要這麼強調。(有一個雙重強調的常用...
評分 評分##其實我看這本書還蠻驚訝的,我並非是個十足的村上迷,但他至少如一個真摯的朋友那樣陪伴我度過瞭一些生命的重要階段。在那些時候,我振作,是因為他的足夠頹廢,他那種身在泥沼完全不想掙紮的頹廢讓我震驚,仿佛看著身邊的朋友冒著最後一個泡泡在泥沼裏沉淪,我感受到自己內心...
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