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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Main Author: Katie Ritson
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Scandinavian University Press 2022-05-01
Series:Edda
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Online Access:http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/edda.109.2.4
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