The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am

by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564788881
• ISBN13: 9781564788887
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Annoying Old Lady

It gets three stars because of how much I disliked the narrator. I read a similar novella once and even years after reading it I find myself mentioning how much I didn't like it. Like I'm doing again now. That is powerful writing... even if it's not my favorite flavor.