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
Book V published 05 November AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
Tara Selter has become someone new. It becomes clear just how ridiculous it is: life in progressive time. Or was.
Before we came to a halt. How foolishly one can spend a life in a time that moves forward. The nonsense of the ceaseless grind.
Tara has returned to Thomas, but she is no longer the person he remembers. She has now spent twelve years in the eighteenth of November, while Thomas has endlessly repeated his identical day. He struggles to reconcile Tara as she is now with the Tara he loves.
And so she rejoins her friends, with whom she finds companionship and understanding. They set off for Val Benoît, where other time-stranded people have created a community built on curiosity, conversation and even optimism. As the eighteenth of November continues to expand, Tara's connection with those around her deepens, and a life beyond Thomas comes unexpectedly into view.
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
Book V published 05 November AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
Tara Selter has become someone new. It becomes clear just how ridiculous it is: life in progressive time. Or was.
Before we came to a halt. How foolishly one can spend a life in a time that moves forward. The nonsense of the ceaseless grind.
Tara has returned to Thomas, but she is no longer the person he remembers. She has now spent twelve years in the eighteenth of November, while Thomas has endlessly repeated his identical day. He struggles to reconcile Tara as she is now with the Tara he loves.
And so she rejoins her friends, with whom she finds companionship and understanding. They set off for Val Benoît, where other time-stranded people have created a community built on curiosity, conversation and even optimism. As the eighteenth of November continues to expand, Tara's connection with those around her deepens, and a life beyond Thomas comes unexpectedly into view.
