A brilliant meditation on how his running and writing nurture and sustain each other.... With spare, engaging prose... Murakami shares his runner's high.

—Sports Illustrated

An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, from the incomparable, bestselling author Haruki Murakami.

While simply training for the New York City Marathon would be enough for most people, Haruki Murakami's decided to write about it as well. The result is a beautiful memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid memories and insights, including the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer. 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 athletic pursuit.

"Enthralling A quirky, brilliant gem."—Time Out New York

"Murakami's descriptive eye is as acute as ever.... Fascinating A glimpse into the creative process of one of the world's great writers." -The Hartford Courant