Lit in Translation

Solvej Balle

Born 1962 · Denmark

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    International Booker 2025 · Shortlist

    On the Calculation of Volume I

    Om udregning af rumfang I

    Solvej Balle · 58 when first published

    Novel · 160 pages · Love, Speculative · Om udregning af rumfang, book 1

    Translated by Barbara J. Haveland

    AI-generated summary:Back from a short trip, Tara Selter finds herself caught in a single day, the eighteenth of November, while her husband Thomas wakes every morning believing it is happening for the first time.

  • In English

    National Book Award 2025 · Finalist

    On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)

    Om udregning af rumfang III

    Solvej Balle · 59 when first published

    Novel · Speculative · Om udregning af rumfang, book 3

    Translated by Sophia Hersi Smith, Jennifer Russell

    AI-generated summary:On day 1,144 of a repeating eighteenth of November, a woman trapped in the same date finds she is no longer alone: a man named Henry Dale is caught in the loop too.