Sweat, Light, and Oil: Seeing the Energy in Roy Jacobsen’s Barrøy Novels
In this article I examine Roy Jacobsen’s Barrøy novels (De usynlige (2013), Hvitt hav (2015), Rigels øyne (2017) and Bare en mor (2020)) for their depiction of energetic processes. I argue that these novels are examples of petrofiction, arising out of an engagement with Norway’s dependence on fossil...
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Scandinavian University Press
2022-05-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/edda.109.2.4 |
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