Abandoning the Untrustworthy Risk Society: Salvage and the Critique of Modernity in Laura Gustafsson’s Post- Apocalyptic Novel Korpisoturi

This paper examines Laura Gustafsson’s third novel, Korpisoturi (Wilderness Warrior, 2016), as a work that combines conventions from both the mimetic and speculative genres. I suggest that the novel begins as a rather conventional psychological novel and a depiction of an “ordinary Finn”, but the re...

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Main Author: Saija Isomaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research 2022-06-01
Series:Fafnir
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Online Access:http://journal.finfar.org/articles/2380.pdf

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