On the Calculation of Volume III: 'Thrilling . . . humming with new possibility' Observer - Couverture souple

Balle, Solvej

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571383424 ISBN 13 : 9780571383429

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2025

Synopsis

The third volume of the Booker-shortlisted masterpiece about a woman lost in time.

WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL PRIZE

'Absolutely, absolutely incredible.' Karl Ove Knausgård
'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss
'Extraordinary.' Daisy Johnson
'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz
'Breathtaking.' Chetna Maroo
'Absolutely marvellous.' Lauren Groff

Tara Selter is no longer alone.

I have met someone who remembers. Yesterday. That is to say, I met him yesterday. But he remembers yesterday, too. He remembers that we met yesterday.

Tara Selter has lived the eighteenth of November 1,143 times when she notices a break in the pattern: a man has changed his shirt. The man is Henry Dale, and he remembers all the days that have come before. He knows that time has fallen out of joint. Now they are two of a kind - trapped in the eighteenth of November, but no longer alone.

Together they learn to share their present; their voices grow hoarse recounting their small battles against it and their bewilderment at the disintegrating world. Henry sees things differently to Tara: he does not think that time will put itself back together and he does not think that the future will come around. But he makes her realise that she is no longer the same person she was before this fault in time. And he makes her believe that there may be others to find within it.

A New York Times notable book of 2025

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Solvej Balle was born in 1962 and made her debut in 1986 with Lyrefugl (Lyrebird.) She went on to write one of the 1990s' most acclaimed works of Danish literature, Ifølge loven (1993) ('According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind', translated by Barbara Haveland.) On Calculation of Volume is Solvej Balle's return to literary stardom after nearly 30 years.

Sophia Hersi Smith lives in Copenhagen, where she translates alongside Jennifer Russell. Together, they have translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Tove Ditlevsen, Marianne Larsen, and Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild.

Jennifer Russell lives in Copenhagen, where she translates alongside Sophia Hersi Smith. Together, they have translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Tove Ditlevsen, Marianne Larsen, and Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The third volume of the Booker-shortlisted masterpiece about a woman lost in time. He remembers that we met yesterday. Tara Selter has lived the eighteenth of November 1,143 times when she notices a break in the pattern: a man has changed his shirt.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571383424
• ISBN 13: 9780571383429
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Easy Access System Europe Oü, 16879218; gpsr.requests@easproject.com; ; Mustamäe tee 50, 10621, Tallinn, Estonia; Tallinn; 10621; Estonie