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