The City of Woven Streets
 First Finnish edition | |
| Author | Emmi Itäranta |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Aysha Kala |
| Original title | Kudottujen kujien kaupunki |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy Speculative fiction |
| Published | 2015, Teos |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 322 |
| ISBN | 9780007536061 |
The City of Woven Streets, also known as The Weaver, is the second novel by Finnish author Emmi Itäranta, published in 2015 in Finland and by the following year by HarperCollins. As with her debut novel, Itäranta wrote the Finnish and English manuscripts simultaneously.[1] The novel was released in June 2016 in the UK under the name The City of Woven Streets, and in November 2016 in the US as The Weaver, while the Finnish version was released in October 2015 as Kudottujen kujien kaupunki. Set on an unnamed island the novel tells the first-hand story of Eliana, a young weaver, whose quiet life is suddenly shaken by the arrival of a mute girl bearing Eliana's name tattooed on her palm. Eliana finds her own shameful secrets unravelling along with those of the dystopic society she lives in, and she must learn to use her dormant skills to help those in need.[2]
The novel won the Tampere City Literary Award and the Kuvastaja Award.[3][4] It was also shortlisted for the Tähtivaeltaja Award.[5]
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- ^ Warr, Tracey (15 July 2016). "LOCATION, LOCUTION: Writing in Finnish and English, expat novelist Emmi Itäranta creates fantasy worlds that feel palpably real". The Displaced Nation. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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- ^ Rajamäki, Aila. "Tampereen kaupunki palkitsi kulttuurin, taiteen ja tieteen tekijöitä". Tampere City. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Virta, Sonja (28 October 2016). "Fantasiakirjallisuuspalkinto Kuvastaja jaettiin Helsingin kirjamessuilla". Suomen Tolkien -seura. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Jerrman, Toni (24 February 2016). "Tähtivaeltaja-palkinnon ehdokkaat julkistettu". Tähtivaeltajablogi. Retrieved 22 February 2017.