Apr 27
Tara has lived through the same calendar day 3,637 times — nearly 10 years’ worth of Nov. 18s. A lot has happened in that time, even if time itself has stood still. Is that the right phrase? How to refer to this mysterious temporal jam is one of the urgent issues in the new book. Is it “a loop, a lap, or simply a repetition”? A “cycle or a circle” or “the retake and remake of the day”?
— A.O. Scott Review of Solvej Balle's "On the Calculation of Volume (Book V)". Trans; Sophia Smith. (New Directions, November 17, 2026) (NY Times, April 14, 2026)
