Norwegian Literature: The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am (Hardcover)

from cameling

A look in the life of a Norwegian woman who has never been comfortable around or communicating with people. Her loneliness is more acute as she reads the obituaries in the papers and realizes that old as she is, she's still alive while those she knew are dying. Her naive comments and blunt observ...

from SandDune

Mathea Martinson has lived her whole life being invisible to the outside world. From her schooldays, when even such a dramatic event as her being struck by lightening (twice) couldn't engender the sort of interest among her school fellows that she craved, and then throughout her life she has been...

from Donna828

This little book packs quite a message. Mathea is a Norwegian woman whose main claim to fame is her long life. She is blunt about her social shortcomings in her search to find meaning at the end of life. Mathea comes up with the idea of leaving her legacy in a time capsule. She writes with bitter...

from jonfaith

During the early 1990s I looked forward to Saturday nights. I worked two full time jobs to pay off debts and found myself working six days a week. At my local pub, I assembled a writing group and for several months, it was the focal point of my week, hell, my existence. Blame it on youth but I wo...

from jonfaith

During the early 1990s I looked forward to Saturday nights. I worked two full time jobs to pay off debts and found myself working six days a week. At my local pub, I assembled a writing group and for several months, it was the focal point of my week, hell, my existence. Blame it on youth but I wo...