Roy Jacobsen (born 26 December 1954) is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is winner of the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene (The Conquerors) in 1991 and Frost in 2004. The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles was published in Britain in 2008. Jacobsen lives in Oslo.
Der er grænser overalt, fx mellem Luxembourg, Tyskland og Belgien, og der er grænser for, hvad synsnerven kan tåle. Efter Anden Verdenskrig foregiver belgieren Markus at være blind, selv om synet er intakt bag de mørke briller. Den eneste, der er indviet i hans hemmelighed, er lille Robert, søn af en amerikansk soldat, som krigen slugte. Det er til Robert, Markus fortæller sin historie, som også er historien om belejringen af Stalingrad, en historie om umulige valg, tvivlens forbandelse – og krigens vilkårlighed.
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