What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること, Hashiru Koto ni Tsuite Kataru Toki ni Boku no Kataru Koto) is a memoir by Haruki Murakami in which he writes about his interest and participation in long-distance running. The book is translated by Philip Gabriel. Murakami started running in the early 1980s and since then has competed in over twenty marathons and an ultramarathon.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
First edition
AuthorHaruki Murakami
Original title走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること
Hashiru Koto ni Tsuite Kataru Toki ni Boku no Kataru Koto
TranslatorPhilip Gabriel
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
GenreMemoir
Published
  • 2007 (JP)
  • 2008 (Knopf) (US)
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages175 (US Hardcover)
ISBN0-307-26919-1
OCLC226314473

The book's title was inspired by Raymond Carver's collection of short stories entitled What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.

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