![]() ![]() Equal parts travelogue, training log, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and settings ranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing. ![]() In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. In its self-contained way, it is nothing less than an inspiration' Evening Standard. 'There can never have been a book quite like this memoir of running and writing before. Hugely enjoyable.you don't have to have run a marathon to be captivated' Sunday Telegraph. ![]()
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