Memory of Water explained
Memory of Water |
Author: | Emmi Itäranta |
Title Orig: | Teemestarin kirja |
Language: | English |
Genre: | Climate fiction Speculative fiction |
Pub Date: | 2012 (Teos) |
English Pub Date: | 2014 (HarperCollins) |
Media Type: | Print |
Pages: | 266 |
Isbn: | 9780007529919 |
Memory of Water (Finnish: Teemestarin kirja, "The Tea Master's Book") is the debut novel by Finnish author Emmi Itäranta, published in 2014 by HarperCollins. The Finnish version of the novel, which Itäranta wrote simultaneously along with the English one,[1] was published in Finland in 2013 by the publishing house Teos. Set in a dystopian future where fresh water is scarce, it tells the story of Noria, a young tea master's apprentice, who must come to terms with a great secret and even greater responsibility that follows this knowledge.[2]
The Finnish manuscript won the Fantasy and Sci-Fi Literary Fiction contest organised by Teos in 2012 and was subsequently published. The book won the Kalevi Jäntti Award in 2012, and the Nuori Aleksis Award in 2013. It was also shortlisted for the 2013 Tähtivaeltaja Award.[3]
The English language version of the book has been featured on several shortlists in both the US and the UK - the Philip K. Dick Award, Compton Crook Award, Golden Tentacle Award and Arthur C. Clarke Award.[4] [5] [6] [7] The novel also appeared on the 2014 James Tiptree, Jr. Award Honor List.[8]
In 2022, a film adaptation based on the novel was released, directed by Saara Saarela and starring Saga Sarkola.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Buxton. Charlotta. How to write a novel in two languages – a writing interview with Emmi Itäranta. Londonlotta. 20 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140803070241/http://www.londonlotta.com/2013/05/how-to-write-a-novel-in-two-languages-a-writing-interview-with-emmi-itaranta/. 3 August 2014. dead.
- Web site: Farmar . Katherine . Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta . Strange Horizons . 26 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150305132249/http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2014/08/memory_of_water.shtml . 5 March 2015 .
- Web site: Stenger. Wif. Finnish dystopian debut stirs literary interest in US. YLE News. 9 June 2014 . 20 January 2015.
- Web site: 2014 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced. Philip K. Dick Award. 20 January 2015.
- Web site: The Compton Crook Award. Baltimore Science Fiction Society. 10 April 2015.
- Web site: The Kitschies: The Golden Tentacle . Kitschies . 28 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301072242/http://thekitschies.com/golden-tentacle.html . 1 March 2014 .
- Web site: 2015 Shortlist Announced. The Arthur C. Clarke Award. Serendip. 10 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150424032501/http://www.clarkeaward.com/previous-awards/shortlists/2015-shortlist-announced/. 24 April 2015. dead.
- Web site: Gallo. Irene. Announcing the 2014 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honors. Tor.com. 4 April 2015 . 10 April 2015.
- Web site: K8, J1: Veden vartija — miten Teemestarin kirja muuttui elokuvaksi. Yle Areena. 1 September 2022. 26 October 2023. fi.