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 digs out her old wedding dress, bakes some sweet cakes, and heads out into the world-to make her mark. She buries a time capsule out in the yard. (It gets dug up to make room for a flagpole.) She wears her late husband's watch and hopes people will ask her for the time. (They never do.) Is it really possible for a woman to disappear so completely that the world won't notice her passing? The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am is a macabre twist on the notion that life "must be lived to the fullest."

The highly acclaimed debut of one of Norway's brightest talents.

About the Author

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

Reviews

"Original and moving. Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold portrays with absurd insight the horrible and fascinating aspects of nearing death. . . . Skomsvold has created a character adorably absurd in her language, thoughts and actions."

* Dagbladet *

"A gloomy feel-good novel about the irreparable loneliness of being human. A tragicomedy of rare quality."

-- Stig Saeterbakken


Awards
Commended for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013.



Book Information
ISBN 9781564787026
Author Kjersti Skomsvold
Format Hardback
Page Count 147
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press