Tara Selter’s friend, Nami Charet, is a librarian at Bibliotheque 18 in Clichy. Tara and Nami are characters in the book, On The Calculation Of Volume, book 1. Bibliotheque is the French word for library

This photo may resemble Bibliotheque 18 in Clichy. Tara has an appointment with Nami on November 19, but she never goes there, because she always lives the same day of November 18. November 19 never arrives for her as she is stuck in the same day.

Every day, Tara wakes up to live the life of November 18 and so do the people she interacts with. None of the others remember the previous day’s November 18. Not even Thomas, Tara’s husband. Only Tara remembers her original first date of November 18 and she writes to record down every re-occurrence of November 18.

Where is Clichy? It is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is on the Seine, which is 6.4 km (4.0 mi), from the center of Paris.

There are several different book covers for On The Calculation Of Volume book 1. I have this cover:

I’m showing the back cover so that you can read the book blurb and reviews. It was shortlisted for the 134 books in the International Booker Prize Award 2025. From there, the final six books were chosen. On November 10, the winner was announced to be “Flesh”, authored by David Szalay.

Solvej Balle is writing On The Calculation Of Volume as a long series. Books 1 -3 have been released. Yes, I’ll be reading the series and reviewing them here. Please return to the main book review webpage to check for more interesting updates.

On The Calculation Of Volume is an interesting book. You can buy On The Calculation Of Volume Book 1 here.

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