Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781846552205
ISBN: 1846552206
Label: Harvill Secker
Manufacturer: Harvill Secker
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: August 07, 2008
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Studio: Harvill Secker

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Rating: - Dull
Well this one won't keep you awake at night. As a modest runner myself I found much of this book tedious, samey and uninspiring. A book like this is crying out for some dazzling insight into the process, the feeling, the elation of running but instead the reader just gets a not very interesting insight into the writer himself. I can't help but think that Murakami is just doing a walk-through here, scraping the barrel for a few old diary entries at the behest of his publisher. One run merges into ... Read More

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Rating: - Truly Disappointing...
I have to say that I whole-heartedly agree with the few dissenters amongst the reviewers of this book. It was a complete let-down. Indulgent, poorly translated and factually weak, it missed the point completely. As a seasoned runner of twenty years experience I can, to some degree empathise with the author's feelings towards his need to run and the daily grind this inherently brings. However, any book worth it's salt needs to be engaging, entertaining and enlightening. This book was none of these. ... Read More

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Rating: - so disappointed
I have just read the other reviews of this book and have to say I am in complete disagreement with them. I would say this is the most disappointing book I have read. I felt it failed on every level. It was not entertaining, informative, thought provoking or particularly well written. It seemed incredibly self indulgent on the part of the author. As someone who has run fairly seriously for the past 40 years, his musings were obvious, one-dimensionsal and boring. I kept thinking 'so what?' 'who cares?'. ... Read More

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Rating: - Writing and running at its best
I enjoyed this book immensely, both as someone who has read all of Murakami's books available in English, and as someone who has just trained for and run a half marathon.

For the first time, Murakami publishes a unique insight into the man behind the vivid imagination that created all his legendary titles, explaining how he started running to stay fit while sitting at home writing, and how the discipline he attaches to writing is very much the same discipline it takes to run an average of ... Read More

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Rating: - The Lonliness Of A Long Distance Writer
Anyone who knows anything of Murakmi's work should be aware that a book about running written by him won't just be a book about running. Short, but never slight, the book muses on many subjects from memory, to why he started writing, perfecting a swimming technique, to some of the best music to run to. All written in Murakmi's own distinctive voice.

Whatever he writes about this is Murakami's voice you're hearing. There is insight into the kind of person he is and also the kind of person ... Read More

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