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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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.
我不是老林的粉丝,不过对比一下,还是老林的好。 施自身的语文水准没有老林高,行文有风格不统一,杂糅,啰嗦的毛病。 比如,“对于长期作业实在至为重要”,这个实在+至为太累赘,我不知道是不是村上自己在这么强调,翻译的时候有没有必要这么强调。(有一个双重强调的常用...
評分其实我看这本书还蛮惊讶的,我并非是个十足的村上迷,但他至少如一个真挚的朋友那样陪伴我度过了一些生命的重要阶段。在那些时候,我振作,是因为他的足够颓废,他那种身在泥沼完全不想挣扎的颓废让我震惊,仿佛看着身边的朋友冒着最后一个泡泡在泥沼里沉沦,我感受到自己内心...
評分最近这几天,小区周围的道路在翻新铺油。先是折腾了两天,把停在路边的车都赶走,再暴土扬尘的敲敲打打,害的跑步都在灰尘里窜来窜去的,高高兴兴出门去,灰头土脸回家来。直到周三,新的柏油沥青整齐的趴在了道路上,服服帖帖,平平展展。我的脚步第一次踩在它那黑黝黝的身体...
評分杭州国际马拉松大赛 run on 2008.11.09 在起跑前发现好些选手的手臂上用胶带一层层的缠绕着MP3,偶有几个还缠了几块巧克力,颇为不解。我当初的想法单纯到不行:尽可能的减轻身体重量,听歌设备与食物是不必的,就连手表也是斟酌许久才下的决定。 比赛当天凉快也无风,算是...
評分入夜八点二十,街边大排档刚刚开摆,马路旁的树纹丝不动。换上运动内衣,短裤,穿袜子,找MP3,蹬上跑鞋,一切准备就绪,启动。 不是出门就跑的,因为门前横冲直撞的汽车无数,小区门口还有堆大妈眼神锐利来回打望,MP3播放的是张力十足的妹式情歌,帮忙长气势用。走了十分钟...
有聲書,又聽瞭一遍英譯。感覺比之前復雜。
评分"All I do is keep on running in my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says".
评分從前我以為此書於我的意義,是村上說的"pain is inevitable, suffering is optional"。現在纔體會到,其實村上對"rhythm"的描述,纔是此書的力量。
评分這是一本讀起來很輕鬆的小書。前半部分村上分享自己參加馬拉鬆前的準備工作,並與其他與跑步無關的事情(例如:寫作練習)聯係在瞭一起;中間則講述參加比賽的事情;最後講些除跑步外的其他運動。原本打算讀完此書便跳進離傢很遠的遊泳池裏學自由式,可當真正讀完時,望望酷暑還是打消瞭那個念頭,轉為睡前冥想。(斯認為)全書的宗旨是:在跑步前需規劃安排長期的有效時間(用於跑步),而後堅持下去,逐漸培養成瞭習慣。當然這種堅持終有收獲的(例如:戒煙、身體變得強壯)。
评分The uninterrupted Murakami.
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