The faster I walk, the smaller I am
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Author
Contributors
Pierce, Kerri A. Translator
Published
Champaign, Ill. : Dalkey Archive Press, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
147 pages ; 18 cm.
Status
Marina Branch - Adult Fiction
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Published
Champaign, Ill. : Dalkey Archive Press, 2013.
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Translation copyright: 2011.
General Note
"Originally published in Norwegian as Jo Fortere Jeg Går, Jo Mindre Er Jeg by Forlaget Oktober A/S, 2009."
Description
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 an ironic twist on the nothing that life "must be lived to the fullest."
Language
Translated from the Norwegian.
Awards
Winner of the Tarjei Vesaas First Book prize in 2009.
Awards
A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Skomsvold, K. A., & Pierce, K. A. (2013). The faster I walk, the smaller I am (1st pbk. ed.). Dalkey Archive Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skomsvold, Kjersti A., 1979- and Kerri A. Pierce. 2013. The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am. Dalkey Archive Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Skomsvold, Kjersti A., 1979- and Kerri A. Pierce. The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am Dalkey Archive Press, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Skomsvold, Kjersti A., and Kerri A Pierce. The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am 1st pbk. ed., Dalkey Archive Press, 2013.
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