The Carpet People
In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet...That's the old story everyone knows and loves (even if they don't really believe it). But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples and there's a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping...
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In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet...That's the old story everyone knows and loves (even if they don't really believe it). But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples and there's a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet. The story of power-hungry mouls - and of two Munrung brothers, who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened...First written by Terry Pratchett, aged 17, and revised by the internationally acclaimed author at the age of 43, this edition now includes 16 pages of Terry's own full colour illustrations.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385615723 (0385615728)
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Doubleday Childrens
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Ich habe es schon immer gewusst: staubsaugen bringt nichts Gutes! Und mit "Teppichvölkern" wurde mir dies bestätigt. Terry Pratchett beschreibt Völker, die in einem Teppich wohnen. Wer hätte das bei diesem Titel ahnen können. Nun ist die Vorstellung aber gar nicht so weit hergeholt, denn wer weiß sc...
Before Discworld there were The Carpet People...This was Terry's first novel and, well, you can sort of tell. It is still wonderfully written and there is the trademark humour he has so wonderfully carved out as his own, but it was definitely not his best. There were ideas and characters and the ima...
The comment below says "very generous!" regarding my three stars.OK, I have to admit that's true. Honestly, this is more like a 2.5 - and that mostly because certain things about this book really appealed to me. I'm sure that many kids have, in play, fantasized that their living room carpet was actu...
This delightful story has just recently been rewritten by the author, almost forty years after he first produced parts of it for a column in his local newspaper. After reading this, no one will be able to look down at the floor again, or at the carpet or rug covering it, without wondering what world...
This delightful story has just recently been rewritten by the author, almost forty years after he first produced parts of it for a column in his local newspaper. After reading this, no one will be able to look down at the floor again, or at the carpet or rug covering it, without wondering what world...
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