The Weaver

Emmi Itäranta

Original title: Kudottujen kujien kaupunki

Author: Emmi Itäranta

Published: 2015

Publisher: Teos

Genre: Fantasy & Science Fiction

Reading material:

English edition
Finnish edition

The tapestry of life may be more fragile than it seems: pull one thread, and all will unravel.

In The Weaver, human life has little value. You practice a craft to keep you alive, or you are an outcast, unwanted and tainted. Eliana is a young weaver in the House of Webs, but secretly knows she doesn’t really belong there. She is hiding a shameful birth defect that would, if anyone knew about it, land her in the House of the Tainted, a prison for those whose very existence is considered a curse.

When an unknown woman with her tongue cut off and Eliana’s name tattooed on her skin arrives at the House of Webs, Eliana discovers an invisible network of power behind the city’s facade. All the while, the sea is clawing the shores and the streets are slowly drowning.

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Teos (orig.)

BRAZIL: Editora Record Ltda
GEORGIA: Palitra L Publishing
GERMANY: Arctis
HUNGARY: Metropolis Media Group Kft.
ITALY: Sperling & Kupfer
JAPAN: Nishimura Co., Ltd.
WORLD ENGLISH: HarperVoyager

About author

Emmi Itäranta

Emmi Itäranta (b.1976) holds two MA degrees, one in Drama and another in Creative Writing. Her award-winning debut novel Memory of Water (Teemestarin kirja) was published in Finland in 2012 to great accolades, followed by The Weaver (Kudottujen kujien kaupunki) in 2015. Her latest novel The Moonday Letters (Kuunpäivän kirjeet) was published in September 2020.

Itäranta’s writing has been compared to that of Ursula K. Le Guin. Her honours include the Young Aleksis Kivi Prize 2013, the Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize 2012 and first place in the Teos Fantasy and Sci-Fi Literary Contest 2011.

Memory of Water has sold to over 25 languages to date, and it has also been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award recognizing the best science fiction novel published in the UK in 2014, and the Golden Tentacle award. In addition, Itäranta has been included on the Honor List of the Otherwise Award (formerly James Tiptree, Jr. Award).

Itäranta’s CV is an eclectic mix of writing-related activities, including stints as a columnist, theatre critic, press officer and dramaturge. Her poems, short stories, articles and essays have appeared in anthologies, film magazines and science fiction magazines in the UK and Finland. She now lives in Finland after 14 years in the United Kingdom.

Bibliography


2020, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Emmi Itäranta

The Moonday Letters


2015, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Emmi Itäranta

The Weaver


2012, Fantasy & Science Fiction

Emmi Itäranta

Memory of Water