Mathea Martinsen is an elderly woman.  A widow, with no children, she is facing the end of her life alone.  Even before her husband Epsilon’s death she suffered from social phobia – unable to approach people and unwilling to leave her apartment.  All her interactions require advance planning and extensive mental preparation, whether it involves speaking to a grocery clerk or greeting her neighbor’s son.  … Continue reading The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am by Kjersti A. Skomsvald (Kerri A. Pierce, translator)