Mlie ReadsOn the calculation of volume (book 1) by Solvej Balle 🇩🇰
Translated into Swedish by Ninni Holmqvist
My second read from 2025 International Booker was certainly a more accessible read, but I expect most books would be in comparison to Solenoid. Although an easier read I felt it was also less. Pondering the impossibility of being stuck in November 18th we follow a woman and how she spends her day, over and over again. How that changes her, and not. I felt that this book could have gone much much deeper into the meaning of life, the context needed for relationships, the importance or lack thereof we play in other people’s lives. It is possible that the hype put my expectations too high. Or that I differ from the main character and therefore couldn’t connect.
The grief, the processing, the attempts at healing, that I would have wanted and expected just isn’t in there.
Not for me, but maybe I try book 2 given that they are short ones.
#OnCalculationOfVolume #ReadingNordicLiterature #IBPReadingChallenge #InternationalBooker2025
Translated into Swedish by Ninni Holmqvist
My second read from 2025 International Booker was certainly a more accessible read, but I expect most books would be in comparison to Solenoid. Although an easier read I felt it was also less. Pondering the impossibility of being stuck in November 18th we follow a woman and how she spends her day, over and over again. How that changes her, and not. I felt that this book could have gone much much deeper into the meaning of life, the context needed for relationships, the importance or lack thereof we play in other people’s lives. It is possible that the hype put my expectations too high. Or that I differ from the main character and therefore couldn’t connect.
The grief, the processing, the attempts at healing, that I would have wanted and expected just isn’t in there.
Not for me, but maybe I try book 2 given that they are short ones.
#OnCalculationOfVolume #ReadingNordicLiterature #IBPReadingChallenge #InternationalBooker2025
