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"I just finished reading in translation to Spanish, THE MEMORY OF RUNNING (Un viaje en bicicleta).
Besides the character being so endearing, sad and yet, pure in its own way, I liked the way the novel rediscovers the United States, the good and the bad, the heroic and the grime. But mostly it reminds you of the human condition, of the pain that people carry and also, the love.
Last, the novel was like a kaleidoscope of your country. I have traveled it many times and for me it represents so many things imprinted on my mind since early trips as a child to my 2 year stay at UCLA for graduate studies: hot dogs and baseball parks, cement and highways, the music of Simon and Garfunkel, the loneliness and the vastness, the violence and the will for peace, the skins and the eyes of many colors; in the end it seemed the book would take you homeward bound, to the fears and smiles of your younger years."
-- Maria de Alva Levy
"Ron was recently interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition. The interview has been archived your convenience."
"In ' The Memory of Running,' professional actor and long aspiring novelist Ron McLarty has invented a character so fully and elegantly defined that the book soars with originality and life"
--San Francisco Chronicle
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"Endearing...it's a ride worth taking."
--USA Today
"The two narrative lines are funny, strange, heartbreaking and beautiful. Mr. McLarty writes with warmth and depth, inviting his readers into Smith's world and making them comfortable there."
--The Wall Street Journal
"It's an exhilarating ride"
--Newsweek
"Captivating novel...McLarty unspools passage after passage of devastating grace and melancholy, and his taciturn hero hooks himself to your heart."
--Entertainment Weekly
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"A funny, poignant...debut that aims, like its protagonist to please."
--Publishers Weekly
"[A] moving debut novel."
--Life Magazine
"[A] story narrated so clearly inside a reader's head that she can just settle back for the ride, escaping the daily grind."
--Portland Oregonian
"Wonderfully full-bodied, deep-souled first novel that is both melancholy and masterly."
--The Providence Journal
"This is a book that can do more than walk; it has a chance to be a breakout bestseller. . . . Smithy is an American original, worthy of a place on the shelf just below your Hucks, your Holdens, your Yossarians."
--Stephen King
"Riders who hop onto the back of Smithy Ide's bike and ride America with him will cherish the journey. I loved this sad, funny, life-affirming novel."
--Wally Lamb
Entertainment Weekly Interview
--Stephen King
Ron McLarty has been nominated for the Bancarella Prize, Italy's prestigious booksellers award.
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