Haruki Murakami's memoir braiding long-distance running with the discipline of the writing life.
Books mentioned in What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (11)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “In Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, one of the characters, Tom Buchanan... says, 'I've heard of making a garage out of a stable, but I'm the first man who ever made a stable out of a garage.'”
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver: “The title of this book is taken from the title of a short-story collection by a writer beloved to me, Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.”
The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Dostoyevsky, for instance, wrote two of his most profound novels, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov, in the last few years of his life before his death at age sixty.”
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Dostoyevsky, for instance, wrote two of his most profound novels, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov, in the last few years of his life before his death at age sixty.”
Setting Free the Bears by John Irving: “I was translating his novel Setting Free the Bears at the time, and while I was in New York I asked to interview him.”
Run, Melos! by Osamu Dazai: “It was turning out to be exactly like the story "Run, Melos!," about a competition to outrun the sun. (author not named in text; famous Dazai story)”
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami: “By the following April I'd completed A Wild Sheep Chase.”
Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami: “Both Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 were nominated for the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.”
Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami: “Both Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 were nominated for the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.”
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami: “I have to write a long introduction to the short-story collection Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, which will be published next year in the U.S.”
Strange Tales from Tokyo by Haruki Murakami: “A new short-story collection of mine, Strange Tales from Tokyo, has come out, and I have to do several interviews about the book.”