Every so often, an author in translation with a hit novel series in their home country or region arrives to the U.S. and becomes a fresh phenomenon in the States. Recent examples include Elena ...
For the past 30 years, Danish author Solvej Balle has remained hard at work on her sprawling seven-part novel, On the Calculation of Volume. An ambitious, encyclopedic work that spans hundreds of ...
“Translating Solvej Balle’s work is a rare treat. Her writing is spare and taut, there is nothing superfluous here, nothing random. Every word is weighed, every phrase and sentence finely honed. The ...
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I), by Solvej Balle, translated from the Danish by Barbara Haveland (New Directions). This philosophical novel consists of the diary entries of a woman for whom the ...
I’M convinced that On the Calculation of Volume, by the Danish writer Solvej Balle, is the greatest literary work of the 21st century so far - and we’re only half way through the seven volumes she ...
"On the Calculation of Volume" is a seven-part Danish novel series now being translated into English. The story follows Tara Selter, a woman who is stuck reliving the same day, November 18th, ...
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