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•PROMOTIONAL COPIES: Over 250 copies will be sent to booksellers and reviewers across the country.
•COORDINATION WITH GRANTA: The UK version will come out in May 2021, and we will work with Granta to ensure maximum coverage on both sides of the ocean.
•STRONG MEDIA CAMPAIGN: Kjersti Skomsvold's earlier books (The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am and Monsterhuman) were very successful, creating a wide readership for us to tap into.
•GIVEAWAYS: Through Open Letter's social media accounts and the Three Percent website.
•EBOOK AVAILABLE: Ebook will be mentioned on all press release materials, Open Letter website, etc.
•COORDINATION WITH GRANTA: The UK version will come out in May 2021, and we will work with Granta to ensure maximum coverage on both sides of the ocean.
•STRONG MEDIA CAMPAIGN: Kjersti Skomsvold's earlier books (The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am and Monsterhuman) were very successful, creating a wide readership for us to tap into.
•GIVEAWAYS: Through Open Letter's social media accounts and the Three Percent website.
•EBOOK AVAILABLE: Ebook will be mentioned on all press release materials, Open Letter website, etc.
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“I really loved this.
It’s written as a letter from a mother to her second child, but it’s not just about motherhood. It’s almost stream of consciousness, and there’s no clear plot. The author jumps back and forth in time and discusses past relationships, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, grief, and loss. The tone is melancholy and lonely, but it feels so honest.
I am someone who never wants to have children, which made this a really interesting read for me. I could relate so much to the narrators anxiety and cynicism about the world. I can imagine if I were to have children those feelings would only be amplified, which seemed to be the case here.
The writing was lovely and poetic, with so many beautiful references to other pieces of literature.
”In the wounds we inflict on each other (or perhaps
it's the same wound that just gets a bit bigger, a bit deeper every time) we have planted a child, two children, and from these wounds our children will grow.””
About Kjersti A. Skomsvold
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold made a sensational debut with The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am, published by Dalkey Press in English. The book won the Vesaas First Book Award, was shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize and has been sold to publishers in more than 25 countries. She is the author of four acclaimed novels, a book of poetry and a children’s book.
Other books by Kjersti A. Skomsvold
Martin Aitken
Martin Aitken is a translator of Scandinavian literature, whose translations include work by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Olga Ravn, and Hanne Ørstavik. He was shortlisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Award in 2017, was a finalist at the US National Book Awards in 2018, and received the PEN America Translation Prize in 2019.
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