The City of Woven Streets
Title | The City of Woven Streets |
Year for Search | 2016 |
Authors | Itäranta, Emmi [Elina](b. 1976) |
Date Published | 2016 |
Publisher | Harper Voyager |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Female author, Finnish author |
Annotation | The novel is set in a patriarchal dystopia where most women are not permitted to read or write, and dreaming is forbidden. The female protagonist can read and write and dreams. It is set on an island that is divided into sections based on crafts, with the novel focusing on the weavers. The island is slowly being submerged as the surrounding waters rise, and by the end of the novel has mostly been abandoned. |
Additional Publishers | North American ed. as The Weaver. A Novel. New York: Harper Voyager, 2016. Published in Finnish as Kudottujen kujien kaupunki (2015). |
Info Notes | While the Finnish version was published prior to the English one, the author wrote the novel in both English and Finnish. |
Holding Institutions | L, NLS, Public |
Author Note | The female author (b. 1976) was born in Finland and lives in England; she writes in both English and Finnish. |
Full Text | 2016 Itäranta, Emmi [Elina] (b. 1976). The City of Woven Streets. London: Harper Voyager, 2016. North American ed. as The Weaver. A Novel. New York: Harper Voyager, 2016. Published in Finnish as Kudottujen kujien kaupunki (2015). While the Finnish version was published prior to the English one, the author wrote the novel in both English and Finnish. L, NLS, Public The novel is set in a patriarchal dystopia where most women are not permitted to read or write, and dreaming is forbidden. The female protagonist can read and write and dreams. It is set on an island that is divided into sections based on crafts, with the novel focusing on the weavers. The island is slowly being submerged as the surrounding waters rise, and by the end of the novel has mostly been abandoned. The female author was born in Finland and lives in England; she writes in both English and Finnish. |