On the Calculation of Volume II: 'A literary phenomenon nearly forty years in the making' The Cut

Solvej Balle

ISBN 10: 0571383408 / ISBN 13: 9780571383405

Published by Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London, 2025

Winner of the Nordic Council Prize for LiteratureThe second volume of the Booker-shortlisted masterpiece about one woman's fall through the cracks of time.'Absolutely, absolutely incredible.' Karl Ove Knausgard'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss'Unforgettable.' Hernan Diaz'Breathtaking.' Chetna Maroo'Brilliant.' Jon McGregor'Absolutely marvellous.' Lauren GroffTara Selter is building her own year.If I want seasons, I will have to build them myself. If I am to have a future, I will have to build it myself. I put the pieces together, little fragments of season and I write it all down.Tara has been stuck in the 18th of November for over a year's worth of days. She still wakes up to the same newspapers, and the same blank faces when she explains that she has seen this all before. Until one morning, she boards a train and finds herself in a new day. It is still the eighteenth of November, but the faces are different, the weather is colder.She realises that she has found a way out of her endless autumn. By moving across Europe rather than through time, she can collect the ingredients for the seasons: the thin film of ice on puddles, the fresh spring breeze, the blazing summer sun. As she travels, she begins to hope for a new future, one that will run in parallel to the eighteenth of November, one that she must build for herself.'How on earth did this book come into being? It's like it has always been here in this world with us, like one feels about the best art.' Sheila Heti. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR014156648

Synopsis:

The second volume of the landmark European masterpiece about a woman lost in time.

About the Authors: 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.

Barbara J. Haveland (b. 1951) is a Scottish literary translator, resident in Copenhagen. She translates fiction, poetry and drama from Danish and Norwegian to English. She has translated works by many leading Danish and Norwegian writers, both classic and contemporary, including Henrik Ibsen, Peter Hoeg, Linn Ullmann and Carl Frode Tiller.

Bibliographic Details

Title: On the Calculation of Volume II: 'A literary...
Publisher: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good