On the Calculation of Volume IV - Solvej Balle innocence and love

innocence and love

Translator: Polly Barton

She and her sister Véra have not seen each other in all that time apart

Anne Marie Jackson and Irina Steinberg

On the Calculation of Volume IV - Solvej Balle innocence and loveIn 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 continue to arrive, their home fills with movement, voices fill the air; a flurry of people asking questions,