On The Calculation Of Volume Iii

Marlon James

MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS 'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .' The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings - a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal. So when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston ...

Kiran Desai

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 An epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 ACCORDING TO NEW STATESMAN, I PAPER, BBC, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE NEW YORK TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, OBSERVER When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an ...

Karan Mahajan

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE WASHINGTON POST, VULTURE, LIT HUB, THE MILLIONS, CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS In a sprawling complex in Delhi, the sons and daughters of SP Chopra, one of India's political architects, live together vying for influence in a family shaped by the great man's legacy. Sachin Chopra leaves for America, with his bride Gita following not long afte...

Rachel Cusk

** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ** From the critically-acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, an irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty and truth -- and a blazing renovation of the form. A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing her autobiography. She liked the idea. She's a good sport. Would you just make it up? she said. The film star M is o...

Paul Yoon

A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 An unforgettable novel of a working dog, Etna, who, after a devastating war, embarks on an odyssey in the hopes of returning home. 'Gorgeous...a sublimely quiet depiction of loneliness and disorientation.' Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Trust and In the Distance Set in a fictional country in the present day, this ...

Kelly Anderson

'Anderson's book is ethereal, languid, crafted of language that rushes and recedes like a tide, buoying a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible' Jodi Picoult, Number One New York Times bestselling author 'An entrancing, magical novel that highlights the beauty of the natural world and our fragile place within it. Spellbinding!' Nita Prose, Number one New Yo...

Solvej Balle

** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ** 'Fantastic.' Karl Ove Knausgård 'Miraculous.' The Cut 'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz 'Wonderful.' K Patrick 'A total explosion: a new dimension.' Nicole Krauss The second volume of the landmark European masterpiece about a woman lost in time. I was sure that through careful listening you could solve any problem that might arise. If you really ...

Solvej Balle

Tara Selter is one of many. In a sprawling villa on the outskirts of Bremen, Tara Selter is starting to settle into a new kind of eighteenth of November. Her days with Henry, Ralf and Olga revolve around the daily routines of practical chores: gathering provisions, splitting firewood. But one morning, there are five new arrivals at their wrought-iron gate. As more people cont...

Solvej Balle

'Absolutely, absolutely incredible.' Karl Ove Knausgård 'A total explosion.' Nicole Krauss 'Unforgettable.' Hernan Díaz 'Breathtaking.' Chetna Maroo 'Brilliant.' Jon McGregor 'Absolutely marvellous.' Lauren Groff ** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ** ** A NEW YORKER AND PARIS REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR ** It seems so odd to me now, how one can be so unsettled by the improbable. When...

Solvej Balle

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024 A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE Tara Selter, the heroine of On the Calculation of Volume, has involuntarily stepped off the train of time: in her world, November eighteenth repeats itself endlessly. We meet Tara on her 122nd No...

Solvej Balle

A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 The first year of November eighteenth is coming to a close, and Tara Selter has returned to her hotel room in Paris, the place where it all began. As if perched at the edge of a precipice, she readies herself to leap into November nineteenth. Book II of Solvej Balle's astounding seven-part series On the Calculation of Volume beautifully ex...