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title: "On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize"
author: "Solvej Balle"
genre: "Fantasy, Magical Realism / Speculative"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "The manipulation of time;The fragility of human existence (mortality);The intersection of science and magic;The passage of time and change"
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isbn_10: "0811237257"
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# On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize

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