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Petrofiction
Petrofiction or oil fiction, is a genre of fiction focused on the role of petroleum in society. Background The concept was first developed by Amitav Ghosh to classify literature about the petroleum industry and the impact of oil on society. He coined the term when reviewing Abdul Rahman Munif's ''Cities of Salt'' in 1992. When describing the concept, he noticed an absence of literature exploring the role of "oil encounters" between countries that extract oil and those that consume. Imre Szeman in a 2012 editorial introduction to a special edition of the ''American Book Review'' proposed a slightly larger scope: all works that explore "the important role played by oil in contemporary society." Works of petrofiction proliferated in the 2000s and 2010s, along with a growing critical focus, as a result of concerns about climate change and peak oil. Since its inauguration the term has been widely used in literary criticism to explore fiction which evaluates society's dominance by a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrofiction
Petrofiction or oil fiction, is a genre of fiction focused on the role of petroleum in society. Background The concept was first developed by Amitav Ghosh to classify literature about the petroleum industry and the impact of oil on society. He coined the term when reviewing Abdul Rahman Munif's ''Cities of Salt'' in 1992. When describing the concept, he noticed an absence of literature exploring the role of "oil encounters" between countries that extract oil and those that consume. Imre Szeman in a 2012 editorial introduction to a special edition of the ''American Book Review'' proposed a slightly larger scope: all works that explore "the important role played by oil in contemporary society." Works of petrofiction proliferated in the 2000s and 2010s, along with a growing critical focus, as a result of concerns about climate change and peak oil. Since its inauguration the term has been widely used in literary criticism to explore fiction which evaluates society's dominance by a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oil On Water
''Oil on Water'' is a 2010 petrofiction novel by Nigerian author Helon Habila. The novel documents the experience of two journalists as they try to rescue a kidnapped European wife in the oil landscape of the Niger Delta. The novel explores themes of both the ecological and political consequences of oil conflict and petrodollars in the delta. The novel was well received. ''Orion'' magazine called the novel successful, "a powerful work, one that reaffirms that art done well is always big enough to contain politics". A review in the Guardian called the book a "powerful, accomplished third novel hichdisplays a growing pessimism about journalism's capacity to effect change." Awards * 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize, shortlist * 2012 Orion Book Award, shortlist * 2012 PEN/Open Book Award PEN/Open Book (known as the Beyond Margins Award through 2009) is a program intended to foster racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities, and works to establish ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropic Of Orange
''Tropic of Orange'' is a novel set in Los Angeles and Mexico with a diverse, multi-ethnic cast of characters by Karen Tei Yamashita. Published in 1997, the novel is generally considered a work of magic realism but can also be considered science fiction, postcolonial literature, speculative fiction, postmodern literature, world literature, or literature of transnationalism. Plot ''Tropic of Orange'' revolves around seven distinct, yet interrelated characters and story lines (listed in bold below). The story covers the span of seven days, with each day getting its own unit, and with each character getting one chapter for each day. In Los Angeles, Japanese-American television news executive, Emi, and her lover, Latino journalist Gabriel Balboa, are chasing newsworthy stories of local disaster, including an apocalyptic standstill on the Harbor Freeway and the creation of a new urban social order by homeless population moving into the abandoned cars. One of Gabriel's most relia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Through The Arc Of The Rain Forest
''Through the Arc of the Rain Forest'' is the first novel published by Japanese-American author Karen Tei Yamashita. Primarily set in Brazil, the novel is often considered a work of magical realism but transgresses many literary genres as it incorporates satire and humor to address themes of globalization, transnationalism, migration, economic imperialism, environmental exploitation, socio-economic inequity, and techno-determinism. It follows a broad cast of characters across national borders, from Japan, Brazil, and the United States. The novel was written when Yamashita was in the United States after living nine years in Brazil. Summary Loosely following the ''novela'' Brazilian soap opera format, ''Through the Arc of the Rainforest'' offers brief episodes introducing the major characters that reveal their connections to one another and their relationship to the Matacão. Told from the first-person perspective of a self-conscious extraterrestrial ball that floats six inches from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of Salt
''Cities of Salt'' is a petrofiction novel by Abdul Rahman Munif. It was first published in Lebanon in 1984 and was immediately recognized as a major work of Arab literature. It was translated into English by Peter Theroux. The novel, and the quintet of which it is the first volume, describes the far-reaching effects of the discovery of huge reserves of oil under a once-idyllic oasis somewhere on the Arabian peninsula. “Oil is our one and only chance to build a future," Munif once told Theroux, "and the regimes are ruining it.” In the novel and its sequels, great oil-rich cities are soon built, described as cities of salt. "Cities of salt," said Munif when asked by Tariq Ali to explain the book's title, "means cities that offer no sustainable existence. When the waters come in, the first waves will dissolve the salt and reduce these great glass cities to dust. In antiquity, as you know, many cities simply disappeared. It is possible to foresee the downfall of cities that are i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Made By Hand
''World Made by Hand'' is a dystopian and social science fiction novel by American author James Howard Kunstler, published in 2008. Set in the fictional town of Union Grove, New York, the novel follows a cast of characters as they navigate a world stripped of its modern comforts, ravaged by terrorism, epidemics, and the economic upheaval of peak oil, all of which are exacerbated by global warming. ''World Made by Hand'' is followed by three sequels in the series, ''The Witch of Hebron'' (2010), '' A History of the Future'' (2014) and ''The Harrows Of Spring'' (2016). Synopsis Narrated by Robert Earle, a local carpenter who has lost his wife and son, the novel focuses on four separate "cultures" that represent the directions society could go after a breakdown of modern social norms. The citizens of Union Grove are living on the tail end of a national catastrophe, with their community slowly falling apart from neglect and natural decay. Within their community, a separate group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oil!
''Oil!'' is a novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926–27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern California. It is a social and political satire skewering the human foibles of all its characters. The main character is James Arnold Ross Jr., nicknamed Bunny, son of an oil tycoon. Bunny's sympathetic feelings toward oilfield workers and socialists provoke arguments with his father throughout the story. The novel served as a loose inspiration for the 2007 film ''There Will Be Blood''. Characters *James Arnold Ross (aka Dad), a self-made oil millionaire. *James Arnold "Bunny" Ross Jr., the protagonist; the only son of a self-made oil millionaire *Paul Watkins, a farmer's son who runs away from home, is tutored by a free thinker, and becomes an advocate for the rights of laborers. After spending time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Is Rich
''Rabbit Is Rich'' is a 1981 novel by John Updike. It is the third novel of the tetralogy that begins with '' Rabbit, Run'', continues with '' Rabbit Redux'', and concludes with ''Rabbit at Rest''. There is also a related novella, ''Rabbit Remembered'' (2001). ''Rabbit Is Rich'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction"National Book Awards - 1982" National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-15. (With essays by Amity Gaige and Nancy Werlin and from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)This was the 1982 award for hardcover Fiction. From 1980 to 1983 in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climate Fiction
Climate fiction (sometimes shortened as cli-fi) is literature that deals with climate change.Glass, Rodge (31 May 2013).Global Warning: The Rise of 'Cli-fi' retrieved 3 March 2016 Generally speculative in nature but scientifically-grounded, works may take place in the world as we know it or in the near future. The genre frequently includes science fiction and dystopian or utopian themes, imagining the potential futures based on how humanity responds to the impacts of climate change. Rationales for the genre typically assume knowledge of anthropogenic effects—human-altered climate as opposed to weather and disaster more generally—although broader definitions exist. Technologies such as climate engineering or climate adaptation practices often feature prominently in works exploring their impacts on society. The term "cli-fi" is generally credited to freelance news reporter and climate activist Dan Bloom in 2007 or 2008. "Climate fiction" has only been attested since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Tei Yamashita
Karen Tei Yamashita ( ja, 山下てい ; born January 8, 1951) is a Japanese-American writer. Early life Yamashita was born on January 8, 1951, in Oakland, California. Career Yamashita is Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches creative writing and Asian American literature. Her works, several of which contain elements of magic realism, include novels ''I Hotel'' (2010), ''Circle K Cycles'' (2001), ''Tropic of Orange'' (1997), ''Brazil-Maru'' (1992), and '' Through the Arc of the Rain Forest'' (1990). Yamashita's novels emphasize the necessity of polyglot, multicultural communities in an increasingly globalized age, even as they destabilize orthodox notions of borders and national/ethnic identity. She has also written a number of plays, including ''Hannah Kusoh,'' ''Noh Bozos'' and ''O-Men'' which was produced by the Asian American theatre group, East West Players. Awards In 2009, Yamashita received the Chancellor’s A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Things We Didn't See Coming
Things or The Things may refer to: Music * ''Things'' (album), by Uri Caine and Paolo Fresu, 2006 * "Things" (Bobby Darin song), 1962; covered by Ronnie Dove, 1975 * "Things", a song by Joe Walsh from '' There Goes the Neighborhood'', 1981 * "Things", a song by John Cale from ''HoboSapiens'', 2003 * "Things", a song by Split Enz, 1979 * "Things", a song by Paul Westerberg from '' 14 Songs'', 1993 * "The Things", a song by Audio Bullys from ''Ego War'', 2003 Other uses * "The Things" (short story), by Peter Watts * ''Things'' (''Chill''), a 1984 role-playing game supplement * ''Things'' (film), a 1989 Canadian horror film * Things (software), task management software * '' Things: A Story of the Sixties'', a 1965 novel by Georges Perec * The Things, recurring characters in the British adult humour comic ''Viz'' * The Things, Thing One and Thing Two from ''The Cat in the Hat'' by Dr Seuss * T.H.I.N.G.S., a line of games marketed by the Milton Bradley Company See also * Our T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GraceLand
Graceland is a mansion on a estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, which was once owned by rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. His daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, inherited Graceland after his death in 1977. Graceland is located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the Whitehaven neighborhood, about south of central Memphis and fewer than north of the Mississippi border. It was opened to the public as a house museum on June 7, 1982. The site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991, becoming its first site recognized for significance related to rock music. Graceland was declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006, also a first for such a site. Graceland attracts more than 650,000 visitors annually. It rivals in number of visitors such public attractions as Hearst Castle, now operated as a California state park, and the White House, home and office of the President of the United States in the capital. History Graceland Farms w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
