The Carpet Makers
Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.This art...
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Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself.But one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined...Brought to the attention of Tor Books by Orson Scott Card, this edition of The Carpet Makers contains a special introduction by Orson Scott Card.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780765314901 (0765314908)
Publish date: February 21st 2006
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 297
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
Mystery,
Speculative Fiction,
German Literature,
Short Stories,
Spanish Literature,
Dystopia
The first chapter of this book, which was originally published as a short story, is terrific. Five stars. The book then goes on as a short story cycle, with each story focusing on a particular character or vignette that cumulatively build a picture of the society these characters inhabit. Its an ...
This book has a weird premise, which is why I bought it to begin with. On a planet, there is an entire system set up around one produced good: Carpets. Carpet-Makers are the most honored members of society. They spend their entire lives making a carpet out of human hair. They use the hair o...
Dieses Buch wollte ich schon lange einmal lesen und auch wenn man eigentlich bis kurz vor Ende des Buches noch nicht weiß, wie die einzelnen Erzählstränge oder Erzählfäden zusammenpassen und es einem eher wie ein Band bunt zusammengewürfelter Geschichten erscheint, ist dieses Buch sehr spannend und ...
When I finished reading this book, the only thing that came to mind was "What was the point?" I didn't feel that there was much to the plot, or any good character development - basically felt that reading it had been a waste of my time.
When I finished reading this book, the only thing that came to mind was "What was the point?" I didn't feel that there was much to the plot, or any good character development - basically felt that reading it had been a waste of my time.
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