On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland
This is the first in a seven-volume speculative series by Danish author Solvej Balle. It’s also been longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. It follows Tara Selter, who is caught in a time loop. We meet her as she is living through her 122nd November 18th. The publisher’s description says, “The first volume’s gravitational pull―a force inverse to its constriction―has the effect of a strong tranquilizer, but a drug under which your powers of observation only grow sharper and more acute. Give in to the book’s logic (its minute movements, its thrilling shifts, its slant wit, its slowing of time) and its spell is utterly intoxicating.”