Why We Run: A Story of Obsession - Softcover

Robin Harvie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848541767 ISBN 13: 9781848541764

Publisher: John Murray, 2011

Synopsis

Why We Run One man's obsession with running Full description

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Review:

Every runner has a story, and Robin Harvie's is one of the most remarkable I've ever encountered. Why We Run is brilliantly written, deeply emotional, raw and honest. Robin scrapes away the superficial dermis and offers a rare glimpse into the mindset and motivation of a long-distance runner

(Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathoner and NY Times bestselling author )

An astonishing memoir--wholly unlike any other writing about 'running' and 'obsession' that I have encountered. It is both eloquent and rawly emotional--candid to the point of pain, illuminating, and finally very touching.  It will make all who read it, who are drawn to running, feel stirrings of true excitement, if just a bit tinged with dread! For Robin Harvie is a 'real' runner--and a 'real' writer, and though competition is not the point, as the memoirist makes clear, in this case he is an uncontested winner.'

(Joyce Carol Oates )

An intensely personal journey, woven with memoir, philosophy, history and pain, Robin Harvie's debut is by turns compulsive, challenging and ultimately rewarding --a magnificent literary marathon in itself

(Philip Hoare )

Book Description:

One man's obsession with running

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848541767
• ISBN 13: 9781848541764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304