On the Calculation of Volume III: 'Thrilling . . . humming with new possibility' Observer
Nov 2025 · On the Calculation of Volume Book 3 · Faber & Faber
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The third volume of the Booker-shortlisted masterpiece about a woman lost in time.
WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL PRIZE
'Absolutely, absolutely incredible.' Karl Ove Knausgård
'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss
'Extraordinary.' Daisy Johnson
'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz
'Breathtaking.' Chetna Maroo
'Absolutely marvellous.' Lauren Groff
Tara Selter is no longer alone.
I have met someone who remembers. Yesterday. That is to say, I met him yesterday. But he remembers yesterday, too. He remembers that we met yesterday.
Tara Selter has lived the eighteenth of November 1,143 times when she notices a break in the pattern: a man has changed his shirt. The man is Henry Dale, and he remembers all the days that have come before. He knows that time has fallen out of joint. Now they are two of a kind - trapped in the eighteenth of November, but no longer alone.
Together they learn to share their present; their voices grow hoarse recounting their small battles against it and their bewilderment at the disintegrating world. Henry sees things differently to Tara: he does not think that time will put itself back together and he does not think that the future will come around. But he makes her realise that she is no longer the same person she was before this fault in time. And he makes her believe that there may be others to find within it.
A New York Times notable book of 2025
WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL PRIZE
'Absolutely, absolutely incredible.' Karl Ove Knausgård
'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss
'Extraordinary.' Daisy Johnson
'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz
'Breathtaking.' Chetna Maroo
'Absolutely marvellous.' Lauren Groff
Tara Selter is no longer alone.
I have met someone who remembers. Yesterday. That is to say, I met him yesterday. But he remembers yesterday, too. He remembers that we met yesterday.
Tara Selter has lived the eighteenth of November 1,143 times when she notices a break in the pattern: a man has changed his shirt. The man is Henry Dale, and he remembers all the days that have come before. He knows that time has fallen out of joint. Now they are two of a kind - trapped in the eighteenth of November, but no longer alone.
Together they learn to share their present; their voices grow hoarse recounting their small battles against it and their bewilderment at the disintegrating world. Henry sees things differently to Tara: he does not think that time will put itself back together and he does not think that the future will come around. But he makes her realise that she is no longer the same person she was before this fault in time. And he makes her believe that there may be others to find within it.
A New York Times notable book of 2025
The third volume of the Booker-shortlisted masterpiece about a woman lost in time.
WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL PRIZE
'Absolutely, absolutely incredible.' Karl Ove Knausgård
'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss
'Extraordinary.' Daisy Johnson
'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz
'Breathtaking.' Chet...
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Solvej Balle 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 ( According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind translated by Barbara Haveland.)
Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell have translated authors including Olga Ravn and Tove Ditlevsen. In 2025, they were finalists for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.
Solvej Balle 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 ( According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind translated by Barbara Haveland.)
Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell have translated...
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