On the Calculation of Volume (Book II), Solvej Balle
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATION, THE GRAND OPENING OF BALLE’S SPECULATIVE FICTION SEPTOLOGY, WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE (SCANDINAVIAS MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY AWARD) FOR BEINGA MASTERPIECE OF ITS TIME.
The first year of November eighteenth is coming to a close, and Tara Selter has returned to her hotel room in Paris, the place where it all began. As if perched at the edge of a precipice, she readies herself to leap into November nineteenth. Book II of Solvej Balle's astounding seven-part series On the Calculation of Volume beautifully expands on the speculative premise of Book I, drawing us further into the maze of time, where space yawns open, as if suddenly gaining a new dimension, extending into ever more fined-grained textures.
Amazingly, On the Calculation of Volume Book II is all movement and motion - taking us through the European countries of the North and the South, through seasons, and languages - a beautiful travelogue that is also a love letter to our vanishing world.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATION, THE GRAND OPENING OF BALLE’S SPECULATIVE FICTION SEPTOLOGY, WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE (SCANDINAVIAS MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY AWARD) FOR BEINGA MASTERPIECE OF ITS TIME.
The first year of November eighteenth is coming to a close, and Tara Selter has returned to her hotel room in Paris, the place where it all began. As if perched at the edge of a precipice, she readies herself to leap into November nineteenth. Book II of Solvej Balle's astounding seven-part series On the Calculation of Volume beautifully expands on the speculative premise of Book I, drawing us further into the maze of time, where space yawns open, as if suddenly gaining a new dimension, extending into ever more fined-grained textures.
Amazingly, On the Calculation of Volume Book II is all movement and motion - taking us through the European countries of the North and the South, through seasons, and languages - a beautiful travelogue that is also a love letter to our vanishing world.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATION, THE GRAND OPENING OF BALLE’S SPECULATIVE FICTION SEPTOLOGY, WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE (SCANDINAVIAS MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY AWARD) FOR BEINGA MASTERPIECE OF ITS TIME.
The first year of November eighteenth is coming to a close, and Tara Selter has returned to her hotel room in Paris, the place where it all began. As if perched at the edge of a precipice, she readies herself to leap into November nineteenth. Book II of Solvej Balle's astounding seven-part series On the Calculation of Volume beautifully expands on the speculative premise of Book I, drawing us further into the maze of time, where space yawns open, as if suddenly gaining a new dimension, extending into ever more fined-grained textures.
Amazingly, On the Calculation of Volume Book II is all movement and motion - taking us through the European countries of the North and the South, through seasons, and languages - a beautiful travelogue that is also a love letter to our vanishing world.
