Written by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
Publish date: April 10, 2025 Volume 1
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize.
She no longer expects to wake up to the 19th of November, and she no longer remembers the 17th of November as if it were yesterday. She comes to know the shape of the day like the back of her hand – the grey morning light in her Paris hotel; the moment a blackbird breaks into song; her husband’s surprise at seeing her return home unannounced.
But for everyone around her, this day is lived for the first and only time. They do not remember the other 18ths of November, and they do not believe her when she tries to explain.
As Tara approaches her 365th 18th of November, she can’t shake the feeling that somewhere underneath the surface of this day, there’s a way to escape.
As soon as I read the first book in the On the Calculation of Volume septology,I knew I had to translate it
Written by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
Publish date: April 10, 2025 Volume 1
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize.
She no longer expects to wake up to the 19th of November, and she no longer remembers the 17th of November as if it were yesterday. She comes to know the shape of the day like the back of her hand – the grey morning light in her Paris hotel; the moment a blackbird breaks into song; her husband’s surprise at seeing her return home unannounced.
But for everyone around her, this day is lived for the first and only time. They do not remember the other 18ths of November, and they do not believe her when she tries to explain.
As Tara approaches her 365th 18th of November, she can’t shake the feeling that somewhere underneath the surface of this day, there’s a way to escape.
As soon as I read the first book in the On the Calculation of Volume septology,I knew I had to translate it
