On the Calculation of Volume IV
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- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2026
Summary
Tara Selter is one of many.
In a sprawling villa on the outskirts of Bremen, Tara Selter is starting to settle into a new kind of eighteenth of November. Her days with Henry, Ralf and Olga revolve around the daily routines of practical chores: gathering provisions, splitting firewood. But one morning, there are five new arrivals at their wrought-iron gate.
Now the villa is full of people. As their community grows, their search for answers about the eighteenth …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571397037 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571397034 |
| Author: | Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith, Jennifer Russell |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 222mm x 234mm |
| Series: | On the Calculation of Volume |
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About The Author
Solvej Balle
Solvej Balle was born in 1962 and made her debut in 1986 with Lyrefugl (Lyrebird.) She went on to write one of the 1990s’ most acclaimed works of Danish literature, Ifølge loven (1993) (‘According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind’, translated by Barbara Haveland.) On Calculation of Volume is Solvej Balle’s return to literary stardom after nearly 30 years.
Jennifer Russell and Sophia Hersi Smith are translators from the Danish based in Copenhagen. Their translations include My Work by Olga Ravn and There Lives a Young Girl In Me Who Will Not Die by Tove Ditlevsen. In 2020, they were awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Translation Prize. Their translations have appeared in the Paris Review, the New York Times, Granta, Asymptote, and on stage.
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