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On the calculation of volume III /

"Tara's November 18th transforms when she discovers that she is no longer alone in her endless autumnal day. For she has met someone who remembers, and who knows as well as she does that 'it is autumn, but that we're not heading into winter. That spring and summer will not follow. That the reds and...

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Main Author: Balle, Solvej, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Russell, Jennifer (Translator) (Translator), Smith, Sophia Hersi (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Danish
Published: New York : New Directions Publishing, [2025]
Series:New Directions paperbook ; 1649.
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Psychological fiction.
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Summary:"Tara's November 18th transforms when she discovers that she is no longer alone in her endless autumnal day. For she has met someone who remembers, and who knows as well as she does that 'it is autumn, but that we're not heading into winter. That spring and summer will not follow. That the reds and yellows of the trees are here to stay. That yesterday doesn't mean the seventeenth of November, that tomorrow means the eighteenth, and that the nineteenth is a day we may never see.' Where Book I and II focused on a single woman's involuntary journey away from her life and her loved ones and into the chasm of time, Book III brings us back into the realm of companionship, with all its thrills, odd quirks, and a sense of mutual bewilderment at having to relearn how to exist alongside others in a shared reality. And then of course, what of Tara's husband Thomas, still sitting alone day after day, entirely unawares, in their house in Clarion-sous-Bois, waiting for his wife to return? Blending poetry and philosophical inquiry with rich reflections on our discombobulating times, Balle's On the Calculation of Volume asks us to consider: What is a single person's responsibility to humanity and to the preservation of this world?"--
Item Description:Translation of: Om udregning af rumfang III.
"Originally published by Pelagraf as Om udregning af rumfang III in 2022."
Physical Description:172 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9780811238397
0811238393
Author Notes:Solvej Balle, born in 1962, made her debut in 1986 with the novel Lyrefugl, and went on to write the highly acclaimed According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind (forthcoming from ND). She has also published a book on aesthetics, a political memoir, and two books of short prose. On the Calculation of Volume 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, The Washington Post Sophia Hersi Smith is 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. Jennifer Russell is 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.

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