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 ...

Expect to see International Booker shortlisted Balle’s name cropping up on books of the year lists. The first parts of the Danish author’s projected septology were published in April. We’re now on to ...

"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, ...

Solvej Balle’s experiments with the timeline. The Danish novelist’s septology, On the Calculation of Volume, asks what fiction can explore when you remove one of its key characteristics—the idea of ...

Before Tara Selter, the protagonist of “On the Calculation of Volume,” a series by the Danish author Solvej Balle, gets trapped in a time loop, she is one half of a unit called T. & T. Selter. It’s a ...

Solvej Balle, trans. from the Danish by Barbara Haveland. New Directions, $15.95 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-0-8112-3725-3 Balle (According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind) launches a speculative ...

Volume close volume The amount of space occupied by a 3D shape, measured in cubic units such as cm³, mm³, and m³. May also be referred to as capacity. is measured in cubic units such as cm³ or m³. The ...