'Where itaranta shines is in her understated but compelling characters' Red star review (for MEMORY OF WATER), Publishers Weekly.
Emmi Itäranta’s prose combines the lyricism of Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME GO. This is her second novel, following the award-winning MEMORY OF WATER.
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PRAISE FOR MEMORY OF WATER:
‘(A) poetic and melancholy debut’
Guardian
‘Itäranta’s lyrical style makes this dystopian tale a beautiful exploration of environmental ethics and the power of ritual’ Washington Post
‘Gorgeous and delicate’ Library Journal, starred review.
‘Itäranta’s steady piling on of pressure on her protagonist grips, even as her prose soothes’ SFX
'Where Itäranta shines is in her understated but compelling characters' Red Star Review, Publishers Weekly
‘Gorgeous and delicate’ Library Journal, Starred Review.
‘Brilliant, lyrical prose’ Tor.com
Emmi Itäranta 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. She writes fiction in Finnish and English, and is currently working on her second novel. She lives in Canterbury, United Kingdom. www.emmiitaranta.com
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