Дневник чайного мастера

Pervyĭ roman finskoĭ pisatelʹnit͡sy Ėmmi Iti͡aranta 'Dnevnik chaĭnogo mastera' stal pobeditelem konkursa nauchno-populi͡arnoĭ i fantasticheskoĭ literatury, organizovannogo finskim izdatelʹstvom 'Teos'. V ėtom romane-antiutopii pered chitatelem predstaet mir, kotoryĭ mozhet statʹ realʹnostʹi͡u: net bolʹshe zim, zemli͡a prevratilasʹ v pustyni͡u, a reki davno peresokhli, ostaviv na poverkhnosti zemli lishʹ shramy. V nem pravi͡at voennye, prevrativshie presnui͡u vodu v moshchnoe sredstvo kontroli͡a nad li͡udʹmi. Voda raspredeli͡aetsi͡a po kartochkam, i li͡uboe narushenie karaetsi͡a bez vsi͡akoĭ poshchady.

The first novel by Finnish writer Emmi Itaranta 'Diary tea master' was the winner of the competition of science fiction and fantasy literature, organized by the Finnish publishing house 'theos'. In this, the dystopian novel a reader faces a world that may become reality: no more winters, the land became a desert, and the river has long dried up, leaving on the surface only scars. It is ruled by the military, turned fresh water into a powerful means of control over people. Water is distributed on cards, and any violation is punished without mercy.