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Book Introduction
A cover illustration that is overflowing with cuteness, featuring illustrations by Bang Gu-seok!
『What I Want to Talk About When I Talk About Running』 Recover Special Edition Exclusive Sale!
★Designer's Note in Commemoration of Yesuri Cover
I started running after reading this book four years ago, and like Haruki, I run 10km every day and even participate in marathons overseas.
It is a tremendous honor to be entrusted with the cover design of this book, which made me a runner.
This book contains the life of Haruki Murakami, a runner, a novelist, and a human being.
So, rather than a flashy background, I worked with the concept of Haruki simply running through a simple and cozy space, in a cozy silence.
We hope you will follow in his footsteps and fall in love with the charm of running with Haruki.
- Banggu Seok writer (designer)
★Designer's Note in Commemoration of Yesuri Cover
How can we explain the curious phenomenon of a book first published 16 years ago becoming more popular year after year, especially in Korea?
Even Haruki Murakami's side has asked why this book sells so well in Korea, and I was able to get a hint about it while talking to a freelance designer I know through work recently.
In an era where the myths of lifetime employment, permanent employment, and the 9 to 6 system have disappeared, we are all in the same position as freelancers.
This book desperately shows that for freelancers who must make a living solely on their own, what is important is “practical survival tips,” that is, self-management, and that in addition to time management and interpersonal relationship management, “physical” management is essential to sustain these skills.
Additionally, I think the fact that running is a form of exercise that is perfect for the individualistic era is a point that greatly appeals to the younger generation these days.
To write honestly about running is
It was also a matter of writing honestly about the country and its people - Haruki Murakami
Somerset Maugham said, 'There is a philosophy to every shaving method.'
It means that if you continue to do even the most trivial task every day, your own philosophy will emerge.
The same goes for Haruki Murakami's 'Running'.
For Haruki, who has completed the full marathon course 25 times, ‘running’ is life and philosophy.
This article, which fully conveys Haruki's passion for running without tiring even at the age of 60, is about 'running' and is also about his literary views and outlook on life as he celebrates his 30th anniversary since his debut.
The first memoir about literature and life centered around running.
For Haruki, 'running' was a fierce challenge toward literature and life!
Haruki Murakami confesses that if he had not run, the tone of the novels he wrote might have been very different.
What does "running" mean to novelist Haruki Murakami? Of all the sports he pursues, why did he choose the marathon, a sport fraught with struggle and trials? In this first memoir, which candidly shares his literary and life experiences, centered around the marathon, we encounter the passion and tenacity of Haruki Murakami, who, even in his old age, runs a full marathon once a year.
The mindset and practical guidelines we must learn as we live our lives are embedded in Haruki Murakami's Running Life.
『What I Want to Talk About When I Talk About Running』 Recover Special Edition Exclusive Sale!
★Designer's Note in Commemoration of Yesuri Cover
I started running after reading this book four years ago, and like Haruki, I run 10km every day and even participate in marathons overseas.
It is a tremendous honor to be entrusted with the cover design of this book, which made me a runner.
This book contains the life of Haruki Murakami, a runner, a novelist, and a human being.
So, rather than a flashy background, I worked with the concept of Haruki simply running through a simple and cozy space, in a cozy silence.
We hope you will follow in his footsteps and fall in love with the charm of running with Haruki.
- Banggu Seok writer (designer)
★Designer's Note in Commemoration of Yesuri Cover
How can we explain the curious phenomenon of a book first published 16 years ago becoming more popular year after year, especially in Korea?
Even Haruki Murakami's side has asked why this book sells so well in Korea, and I was able to get a hint about it while talking to a freelance designer I know through work recently.
In an era where the myths of lifetime employment, permanent employment, and the 9 to 6 system have disappeared, we are all in the same position as freelancers.
This book desperately shows that for freelancers who must make a living solely on their own, what is important is “practical survival tips,” that is, self-management, and that in addition to time management and interpersonal relationship management, “physical” management is essential to sustain these skills.
Additionally, I think the fact that running is a form of exercise that is perfect for the individualistic era is a point that greatly appeals to the younger generation these days.
To write honestly about running is
It was also a matter of writing honestly about the country and its people - Haruki Murakami
Somerset Maugham said, 'There is a philosophy to every shaving method.'
It means that if you continue to do even the most trivial task every day, your own philosophy will emerge.
The same goes for Haruki Murakami's 'Running'.
For Haruki, who has completed the full marathon course 25 times, ‘running’ is life and philosophy.
This article, which fully conveys Haruki's passion for running without tiring even at the age of 60, is about 'running' and is also about his literary views and outlook on life as he celebrates his 30th anniversary since his debut.
The first memoir about literature and life centered around running.
For Haruki, 'running' was a fierce challenge toward literature and life!
Haruki Murakami confesses that if he had not run, the tone of the novels he wrote might have been very different.
What does "running" mean to novelist Haruki Murakami? Of all the sports he pursues, why did he choose the marathon, a sport fraught with struggle and trials? In this first memoir, which candidly shares his literary and life experiences, centered around the marathon, we encounter the passion and tenacity of Haruki Murakami, who, even in his old age, runs a full marathon once a year.
The mindset and practical guidelines we must learn as we live our lives are embedded in Haruki Murakami's Running Life.
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Preview
index
Introduction│Pain as an Optional Thing
Chapter 1│August 5, 2005, Kauai, Hawaii
Who can laugh at Mick Jagger?
Chapter 2│August 14, 2005, Kauai, Hawaii
How does one become a running novelist?
Chapter 3│September 1, 2005, Kauai, Hawaii
The first 42km run in midsummer Athens
Chapter 4 | Tokyo, September 19, 2005
I've learned a lot about how to write novels by running on the road every morning.
Chapter 5 | October 3, 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts
If only I had a long ponytail back then
Chapter 6│June 23, 1996, Lake Saroma, Hokkaido
Now no one knocks on the table, no one throws a cup.
Chapter 7 | October 30, 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Autumn in New York
Chapter 8│August 26, 2006 Somewhere in Kanagawa Prefecture
Eighteen years old until the day I die
Chapter 9 │October 1, 2006 Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture
At least I didn't walk till the end
Postscript│On the Road of the World
Translator's Note: Haruki Murakami's Literature, Marathons, and Life
Chapter 1│August 5, 2005, Kauai, Hawaii
Who can laugh at Mick Jagger?
Chapter 2│August 14, 2005, Kauai, Hawaii
How does one become a running novelist?
Chapter 3│September 1, 2005, Kauai, Hawaii
The first 42km run in midsummer Athens
Chapter 4 | Tokyo, September 19, 2005
I've learned a lot about how to write novels by running on the road every morning.
Chapter 5 | October 3, 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts
If only I had a long ponytail back then
Chapter 6│June 23, 1996, Lake Saroma, Hokkaido
Now no one knocks on the table, no one throws a cup.
Chapter 7 | October 30, 2005, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Autumn in New York
Chapter 8│August 26, 2006 Somewhere in Kanagawa Prefecture
Eighteen years old until the day I die
Chapter 9 │October 1, 2006 Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture
At least I didn't walk till the end
Postscript│On the Road of the World
Translator's Note: Haruki Murakami's Literature, Marathons, and Life
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Into the book
“I think it would be okay to read this book as a kind of ‘memoir’ centered around the act of running.
Although it is difficult to call it a 'philosophy', I think it contains some sort of empirical rule.
It may not be a great thing, but it is something I have learned very personally, through the pain I have chosen for myself by actually moving my own body.
There may not be much universality that can be applied well by everyone.
But whatever it is, that's what makes me human.”
--- From the preface
“Anyway, that’s how I started running.
Thirty-three years old.
That was my age at the time.
Still young enough.
But now I can't say 'youth'.
This is the age when Jesus Christ left the world.
Scott Fitzgerald's decline had already begun at that age.
It might be like a turning point in life.
At that age, I began my life as a runner, and although a late bloomer, I was at the starting point of my career as a novelist.
--- p.77
“I will be running another full marathon race somewhere in the world this winter.
And next summer I'll be challenging myself in a triathlon race somewhere else.
That's how the seasons cycle and the years change.
I'm another year older and I'll probably write another novel.
--- pp.257~258
“If I had an epitaph, and I could choose what it would say, I would want it to say this.”
Haruki Murakami
writer (and runner)
1949~20**
At least I didn't walk all the way.
Although it is difficult to call it a 'philosophy', I think it contains some sort of empirical rule.
It may not be a great thing, but it is something I have learned very personally, through the pain I have chosen for myself by actually moving my own body.
There may not be much universality that can be applied well by everyone.
But whatever it is, that's what makes me human.”
--- From the preface
“Anyway, that’s how I started running.
Thirty-three years old.
That was my age at the time.
Still young enough.
But now I can't say 'youth'.
This is the age when Jesus Christ left the world.
Scott Fitzgerald's decline had already begun at that age.
It might be like a turning point in life.
At that age, I began my life as a runner, and although a late bloomer, I was at the starting point of my career as a novelist.
--- p.77
“I will be running another full marathon race somewhere in the world this winter.
And next summer I'll be challenging myself in a triathlon race somewhere else.
That's how the seasons cycle and the years change.
I'm another year older and I'll probably write another novel.
--- pp.257~258
“If I had an epitaph, and I could choose what it would say, I would want it to say this.”
Haruki Murakami
writer (and runner)
1949~20**
At least I didn't walk all the way.
--- pp.258~259
Publisher's Review
● The first memoir by 'Running Novelist' Haruki Murakami!
Haruki Murakami, a writer who needs no introduction.
His latest book, "What I Want to Talk About When I Talk About Running," has been published.
In this book, Haruki Murakami, celebrating his 30th anniversary since his debut, has expressed his literary views, outlook on life, and inner reflections through running, using honest vocabulary and surprising insight.
Today, his works have been translated into about 40 languages and are read by readers around the world. Haruki Murakami, who is mentioned as a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize every year, is also famous as a marathon runner.
Why did he choose running over all the other sports? And how did running influence his novels? Haruki Murakami candidly shares his story in this book.
● Completed the full marathon course 25 times. Why does Haruki run?
In April 1978, while watching a baseball game at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Haruki Murakami decided, "That's right, I'll try writing a novel." The moment a batter hit the ball accurately, he said, "That's right, I'll try writing a novel."
He was twenty-nine years old, and had been running a jazz club for four years after graduating from Waseda University's Department of Theater and Film.
Less than a year after that moment of revelation, he wrote the novel “Listen to the Wind’s Song” and won the Gunzo New Writer’s Award, making his literary debut and embarking on the path of a writer.
Haruki quit his successful jazz club and began his life as a full-time writer.
He began running in earnest in the fall of 1982, shortly after completing his novel, “A Sheep Chase.”
Over the next 26 years, he continued to run full marathons, 100km ultramarathons, and triathlons around the world.
He always had running shoes in his travel bag.
Why did Haruki Murakami become a "running novelist"? Haruki Murakami, who believes that "writing novels is physical labor," chose running to build stamina, focus, and endurance.
For Haruki, who enjoyed running and swimming since childhood, which are easier to do alone than exercising with other people, running, or rather the marathon, may have been a natural choice.
Haruki Murakami confesses in this book that if he had not run, the tone of the novel he wrote might have been very different.
What does 'running' mean to Haruki Murakami, the 'running novelist'?
● Highly recommended for literature students, 4 million marathon runners, and the youth of this generation!
In the preface to this book, Haruki Murakami said:
“This is a book about running, not a book about health.
“I don’t want to be here and say things like, ‘Let’s all run together every day and get healthy.’”
However, anyone who reads this book will feel like running while reading.
Haruki runs marathons and triathlons, among many other sports, and the adjective 'extremely intense' is a perfect fit for him.
What does he gain from running that grueling 42.195 kilometers? What is the correlation between running and his literature? Reading the book with these questions in mind, it becomes clear what we can learn from Haruki Murakami.
In this first memoir, in which he candidly shares his life and literature, centered around the marathon, literature students will learn about his beliefs about literature, and runners will learn about Haruki's passion for running a full marathon course once a year even at the ripe old age of 60.
And young people with big aspirations will be able to realize what kind of mindset and practical guidelines are needed to achieve their life goals.
Haruki Murakami, a writer who needs no introduction.
His latest book, "What I Want to Talk About When I Talk About Running," has been published.
In this book, Haruki Murakami, celebrating his 30th anniversary since his debut, has expressed his literary views, outlook on life, and inner reflections through running, using honest vocabulary and surprising insight.
Today, his works have been translated into about 40 languages and are read by readers around the world. Haruki Murakami, who is mentioned as a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize every year, is also famous as a marathon runner.
Why did he choose running over all the other sports? And how did running influence his novels? Haruki Murakami candidly shares his story in this book.
● Completed the full marathon course 25 times. Why does Haruki run?
In April 1978, while watching a baseball game at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Haruki Murakami decided, "That's right, I'll try writing a novel." The moment a batter hit the ball accurately, he said, "That's right, I'll try writing a novel."
He was twenty-nine years old, and had been running a jazz club for four years after graduating from Waseda University's Department of Theater and Film.
Less than a year after that moment of revelation, he wrote the novel “Listen to the Wind’s Song” and won the Gunzo New Writer’s Award, making his literary debut and embarking on the path of a writer.
Haruki quit his successful jazz club and began his life as a full-time writer.
He began running in earnest in the fall of 1982, shortly after completing his novel, “A Sheep Chase.”
Over the next 26 years, he continued to run full marathons, 100km ultramarathons, and triathlons around the world.
He always had running shoes in his travel bag.
Why did Haruki Murakami become a "running novelist"? Haruki Murakami, who believes that "writing novels is physical labor," chose running to build stamina, focus, and endurance.
For Haruki, who enjoyed running and swimming since childhood, which are easier to do alone than exercising with other people, running, or rather the marathon, may have been a natural choice.
Haruki Murakami confesses in this book that if he had not run, the tone of the novel he wrote might have been very different.
What does 'running' mean to Haruki Murakami, the 'running novelist'?
● Highly recommended for literature students, 4 million marathon runners, and the youth of this generation!
In the preface to this book, Haruki Murakami said:
“This is a book about running, not a book about health.
“I don’t want to be here and say things like, ‘Let’s all run together every day and get healthy.’”
However, anyone who reads this book will feel like running while reading.
Haruki runs marathons and triathlons, among many other sports, and the adjective 'extremely intense' is a perfect fit for him.
What does he gain from running that grueling 42.195 kilometers? What is the correlation between running and his literature? Reading the book with these questions in mind, it becomes clear what we can learn from Haruki Murakami.
In this first memoir, in which he candidly shares his life and literature, centered around the marathon, literature students will learn about his beliefs about literature, and runners will learn about Haruki's passion for running a full marathon course once a year even at the ripe old age of 60.
And young people with big aspirations will be able to realize what kind of mindset and practical guidelines are needed to achieve their life goals.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 13, 2025
- Format: Hardcover book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 280 pages | 367g | 142*200*20mm
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