‘It’s One of Those Infinite Time-Loop Situations You Might Have Heard About’

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What sort of work is Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume? The Danish author’s seven-novel series, whose first two volumes were published in English last month, belongs to a fiction subgenre best explained by Andy Samberg in the movie Palm Springs: “It’s one of those infinite time-loop situations you might have heard about.” Samberg’s blithe delivery captures both his character’s...