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According to the Law

Book • 1993
According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind is a book by Solvej Balle referenced as her breakthrough in the early 1990s that circulated in multiple territories and contributed to her reputation within Danish literary culture.

The work displays Balle’s interest in experimental narrative and short prose forms that would inform her later, larger projects.

It was sold in several countries at the time and compared, in publicity, to other prominent Danish writers.

The book’s reception helped place Balle on the literary map and preceded her long-term work on the septology discussed at the event.

Specific thematic and structural details were not elaborated in the transcript.

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Solvej Balle
as Balle’s earlier successful book from the early 1990s that brought her attention in Denmark.
Solvej Balle & Chris Power: On the Calculation of Volume

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