ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME I
A breathtaking speculative novel about a woman who wakes up every morning to another 18 November while the rest of the world changes very little, On the Calculation of Volume I is a virtuosic, beguiling meditation on the ways we inhabit time and the traces our existence leaves on the world.
'It seems so odd to me now, how one can be so unsettled by the improbable. When we know that our entire existence is founded on freak occurrences and improbable coincidences. That we wouldn't be here at all if it weren't for these curious twists of fate.'
The first volume of the poetic, page-turning masterpiece about one woman's fall through the cracks of time.
Tara Selter has slipped out of time.
Every morning, she wakes up to the 18th of November. 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.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
BALLE SOLVEJ
Solvej Balle es una escritora danesa nacida en 1962 en Bovrup, S nderjylland, Dinamarca. Estudió Literatura y Filosofía en la Universidad de Copenhague y debutó en 1986 con su novela Lyrefugl. Su obra más reconocida es Según la ley 1993 , considerada una de las más destacadas de la literatura danesa contemporánea. A lo largo de su carrera, ha explorado diversos géneros, incluyendo poesía y teoría del arte. En los últimos años, ha trabajado en un ambicioso proyecto literario titulado El volumen del tiempo, una serie de siete volúmenes que le valió el Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico en 2022. Su estilo se caracteriza por una profunda reflexión sobre el tiempo, la memoria y la soledad
