When her father dies, the military commander sees that ancient hidden water source as a source of power, putting Noria between him and his goal. Noria’s father, well known for his traditional ceremony, and delicious tea, knows the location of a secret, hidden, natural spring. Set in an authoritarian Scandinavia, teen Noria Kaitio is studying to continue her father’s occupation as tea master, in a society with strict water shortages and rationing. In the not too distant future, global warming has caused the world’s geography and politics to change. Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooksĮmmi Itäranta’s first novel is YA dystopian speculative fiction about a future world that is more possible than we might hope. Retrieved 10 April 2015.Publisher: Harper Voyager Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014.
Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. "How to write a novel in two languages – a writing interview with Emmi Itäranta". The novel also appeared on the 2014 James Tiptree, Jr. Dick Award, Compton Crook Award, Golden Tentacle Award and Arthur C. The English language version of the book has been featured on several shortlists in both the US and the UK - the Philip K. It was also shortlisted for the 2013 Tähtivaeltaja Award. The book won the Kalevi Jäntti Award in 2012, and the Nuori Aleksis Award in 2013. The Finnish manuscript won the Fantasy and Sci-Fi Literary Fiction contest organised by Teos in 2012 and was subsequently published.
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. The Finnish version of the novel, which Itäranta wrote simultaneously along with the English one, was published in Finland in 2013 by the publishing house Teos. 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.
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