The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am by Kjersti Skomsvold

The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am by Kjersti Skomsvold

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Summary

Mathea Martinsen has never been good at dealing with other people. After a lifetime, her only real accomplishment is her longevity: everyone she reads about in the obituaries has died younger than she is now. Afraid that her life will be over before anyone knows that she lived, Mathea heads out into the world.

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The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am by Kjersti Skomsvold

Mathea Martinsen has never been good at dealing with other people. After a lifetime, her only real accomplishment is her longevity: everyone she reads about in the obituaries has died younger than she is now. Afraid that her life will be over before anyone knows that she lived, Mathea heads out into the world.

"In her debut novel, The Faster I Walk The Smaller I Am, Kjersti ASkomsvold has created a world--through the eyes of a terribly shy old woman who ponders death--that is calm and incredibly strange."

-- Jessica Calderon * Paris Review blog *

Kjersti A. Skomsvold was born in 1979 in Oslo. "The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am" is her first novel.

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ISBN 13 9781564788887
ISBN 10 1564788881
Title The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am
Author Kjersti Skomsvold
Series Norwegian Literature Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Year published 2013-05-30
Number of pages 147
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.