{"product_id":"on-the-calculation-of-volume-book-v-balle-solvej","title":"PREORDER - On the Calculation of Volume (Book V) by Solvej Balle (11\/17\/26)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe much anticipated fifth installment of Solvej Balle's \"speculative masterwork\" ( \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cem\u003eOn the Calculation of Volume\u003c\/em\u003e, a literary classic in the making\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's been a while since Tara Selter was all alone in her repeating November day. It's been even longer since she was one half of a unit called T\u0026amp;T Selter, an antiquarian book dealership she ran with her beloved husband Thomas. Her hazy days of confusion are behind her, and so are her desperate and doomed attempts to reattach herself to linear time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTara has begun to settle into a new life, with new habits, and new people, and so have the many other time-trapped individuals who have joined her along the way. And yet we can't help but wonder whether she and her fellow travelers will ever find their way out of a trap so inexplicable and profound--and will they even still want to? In Balle's hands the time loop becomes a parable of loss, longing, marital loneliness, and our own mortality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith gradual, breathtaking power, Balle deftly explores a series of existential and philosophical questions, and grapples with the form of the novel itself, charging full steam ahead in reinventing and reinvigorating its possibilities. And now we've arrived at the thrilling fifth book of Solvej Balle's septology. \"It's a sensation.\" ( \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSolvej Balle,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eborn in 1962, made her debut in 1986 with the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLyrefugl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and went on to write the highly acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAccording to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (forthcoming from ND). She has also published a book on aesthetics, a political memoir, and two books of short prose. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Calculation of Volume\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e heralds the arrival of a major literary artist: \"A masterwork. In this extraordinary novel, as in our own shattered world, connection alone may be the one thing that endures.\"--Jacob Brogan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Russell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis a translator living in Copenhagen. Together with Sophia Hersi Smith, she has translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Tove Ditlevsen, Marianne Larsen, Olga Ravn, and Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSophia Hersi Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis a translator living in Copenhagen. Together with Jennifer Russell, she has translated fiction and poetry by Danish writers such as Tove Ditlevsen, Marianne Larsen, Olga Ravn, and Rakel Haslund-Gjerrild.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48902392086780,"sku":"9780811240383","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/4841\/1388\/files\/9780811240383.webp?v=1791925766","url":"https:\/\/www.morethanwordsfm.com\/products\/on-the-calculation-of-volume-book-v-balle-solvej","provider":"More Than Words","version":"1.0","type":"link"}