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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
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This book is as much about Murakami's career as a novelist and about getting older as it is about running, which was not quite what I expected in the book, but was enjoyable.
reflective
medium-paced
I quite enjoyed this, despite not liking the other Murakami book I've read (Kafka on the Shore).
He has some interesting reflections on running and how it shapes his personal and professional life. I enjoyed the anecdotes sprinkled throughout, ranging from marathons in Greece and the U.S. to triathlons and ultramarathons in Japan. In between these he grapples with the difficulties of ageing in sport and the challenge of chasing fulfillment despite declining performance. This was published in 2007, and a quick Google suggests that he's still running marathons well into his seventies.
He has some interesting reflections on running and how it shapes his personal and professional life. I enjoyed the anecdotes sprinkled throughout, ranging from marathons in Greece and the U.S. to triathlons and ultramarathons in Japan. In between these he grapples with the difficulties of ageing in sport and the challenge of chasing fulfillment despite declining performance. This was published in 2007, and a quick Google suggests that he's still running marathons well into his seventies.
inspiring
reflective
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as a runner, i fuck with the vision. as a reader, less so.
hopeful
inspiring
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relaxing
medium-paced
This was a fun book to read. I found the difference in murakami’s writing style betwen fiction and non fiction surprising. this book seems so amateurly written but it was also what attracted me to it, it felt very personal. I would recommend it
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