{"product_id":"on-the-calculation-of-volume-iv-by-solvej-balle","title":"On the Calculation of Volume IV by Solvej Balle","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_x3KsQrCQBCE4Vc5pk6jYLOlxkrUJgQhBDnMBoNrNuT2EBXf3dXu-4d5I3WgPkriAkkVZHN2TgbCWvUGd3qBliuH-Lg9VSV-X3e5P_w9gZpmUcC94-dD5-5cDSbsfRyDXTlsolyyRBt0DNqHWiXfGW37-QJAq2JkgQAAAA\u0026amp;R=87034445\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003eNew Directions Publishing Corporation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe're a little more than halfway through Balle's hypnotic, monumental seven-volume novel about a woman set adrift within the walls of November 18th. Balle's riveting project continues to wring ever more fascinating dimensions from time and its hapless, mortal captives. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook III\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e we saw the addition of a handful of new characters to Tara's world--fellow travelers within November 18th--and now \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook IV\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e heralds the arrival of many others, and soon to be even more, roaming uncertainly through the same November day. Could this be the first stirrings of an alternate civilization? The big house in Bremen turns into the headquarters for this growing group of time-trapped individuals. But who are they and what has happened to them? Are they loopers, repeaters, or returners? A brilliant modern spin on the myth of Babel in the Book of Genesis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook IV\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks urgent questions, concerning the naming of things, of people, and of the functions of language itself-must a social movement have a common language in order to exist? Snatches of conversation, argument, and late-night chatter crowd onto the pages of Tara's notebooks. Amid the buzz and excitement of a new social order coming into being, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook IV\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ends with a sudden, unexpected, and tantalizing cliffhanger that no one--not even Tara, our steady cataloger and cartographer of the endless November day--could have foreseen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52262074745125,"sku":"9780811238410","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780811238410.gif?v=1776879786","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/on-the-calculation-of-volume-iv-by-solvej-balle","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}