The Carpet Makers

The Carpet Makers

"The Carpet Makers" (ISBN 0-7653-0593-3), a novel by Andreas Eschbachpublished in 2005 by Tor Books, is an English translation of the German "Die Haarteppichknüpfer" (1995).

The book is set on a planet whose sole industry is weaving elaborate rugs. The carpets are made of human hair and require a lifetime of work to complete. The book is a series of inter-related stories that give increasingly more detail on the nature and purpose of the rugs and why the universe has tens of thousands of planets solely devoted to making such a thing, each thinking they are the only one.

References

*"THE CARPET MAKERS." Kirkus Reviews 73.3 (Feb. 2005): 155-155.
*"THE CARPET MAKERS." Publishers Weekly 252.10 (07 Mar. 2005): 54-54.
*Green, Roland. "The Carpet Makers (Book)." Booklist 101.16 (15 Apr. 2005): 1442-1442.


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