Stine Pilgaard
Meters per Second (Meter i sekundet)
DENMARK
BOOK
What challenges await a young family starting anew in a small town? How do we know when silence is the best answer? This novel tells the story of a young couple who settle in rural western Jutland and try to integrate into the local community. With both warmth and sharp wit, Pilgaard portrays our recurring failures to truly understand each other. With humor and urgency, she reveals the delicate corners of our shared humanity.
Published by Euskaldun, 2025
AUTHOR
© Alexander Banck-Petersen
Stine Pilgaard (*1984) studied at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Academy of Creative Writing. Her unique style, blending autobiography and fiction, has earned her several literary awards since her debut Min mor siger (My Mom Says, 2012). Her latest novel Meters per Second won the Danish Booksellers’ Golden Laurel Award in 2020 and was adapted into a film three years later.
TRANSLATION
Markéta Kliková
