It’s always fun when news of a new Murakami book surfaces. An English translation of his latest is apparently due out July 29, 2008 from Knopf (so says Amazon.com, anyway).
It is a collection of non-fiction essays on running, of all things. Apparently when he’s not busy being so damned good as to make the rest of us want to quit writing, Murakami is an avid runner. The new book is called What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (love the Ray Carver nod!) and it is translated by old Murakami stand-by, Philip Gabriel, who also translated Kafka on the Shore and Sputnik Sweetheart. I confess to not having read any of Murakami’s previous non-fiction before, but I’m always excited when he gives us something new. 2008 is off to a good start, methinks.
