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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发表于2025-02-06
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图书标签: 村上春树 英文原版 随笔 跑步 日本 HarukiMurakami 传记 English
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.
这是一本读起来很轻松的小书。前半部分村上分享自己参加马拉松前的准备工作,并与其他与跑步无关的事情(例如:写作练习)联系在了一起;中间则讲述参加比赛的事情;最后讲些除跑步外的其他运动。原本打算读完此书便跳进离家很远的游泳池里学自由式,可当真正读完时,望望酷暑还是打消了那个念头,转为睡前冥想。(斯认为)全书的宗旨是:在跑步前需规划安排长期的有效时间(用于跑步),而后坚持下去,逐渐培养成了习惯。当然这种坚持终有收获的(例如:戒烟、身体变得强壮)。
评分Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional GR 3.71 (25000) Aud
评分at least he never walked
评分治愈系~~ 大爱里面很多名言,尤其是“in the long distance, the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”
评分终于读完了!!!严格意义上是我cover的第一本原版..呼..
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