On the Calculation of Volume III : 'Thrilling . . . humming with new possibility' Observer - Solvej Balle
Solvej Balle
- Pages · 208 pages
- Publication Date · 20/11/2025
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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 Knausg�rd'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss
'Extraordinary.' Daisy Johnson
'Unforgettable.' Hernan D�az
'Breathtaking.' Chetna Maroo
'Absolutely marvellous.' Lauren GroffTara 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
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