Publication

2006-02-21 - Tor Books, New York City, USA

Language

English

Translation of: Die Haarteppichknüpfer

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCPT2665.S34
  • LCCPT2665.S34 H313 2005
  • DDC833/.914
and 1 more
  • LCCPT2665.S34 H3 1995

Alternate Titles

  • Hair Carpet Weavers

Description

Schon seit jeher fertigen die Haarteppichknüpfer ihre Teppiche für den Kaiser - Teppiche, die aus den Haaren ihrer Frauen und Töchter bestehen. Für die Herstellung eines einzigen Teppichs benötigen die Knüpfer ihr ganzes Leben, und von dem Erlös kann eine Generation ihrer Familie leben. So war es seit Anbeginn der Zeit. Doch eines Tages taucht ein Raumschiff im Orbit der Welt auf, das kurz darauf landet, um dem Geheimnis der wundersamen Haarteppiche auf den Grund zu gehen - einem Geheimnis, das alle Vorstellungskraft übersteigt.

First Sentence

KNOT AFTER KNOT, DAY IN, day out, for an entire lifetime, always the same hand movements, always looping the same knots in the fine hair, so fine and so tiny that with time, the fingers trembled and the eyes became weak from strain-and still the progress was hardly noticeable.

Description

The carpet maker, following the traditions of his fathers, will spend his entire life making one carpet from the hair of his wife and daughters, so fine and fragile that only the God Emperor may purchase it, until the Empire disappears and strangers arrive, finding something unbelievable in the patterns of the carpets.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Carpet Makers Universe Series

Other Editions

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