The Carpet Makers Summary

That s why the carpet makers blew me away.

The carpet makers summary. This is the story of carpets told by pranay singh in his own words back in olden days a carpet maker used to craft only one carpet in his lifetime. The carpet maker is the high end floor textile manufacturer specialized in bespoke carpets and custom made rugs for more than 30 years. It was released in the us in 2005 and came out with little fanfare. Pranay singh is working for one of the renowned handmade carpet manufacturers in india and he took us into the world of carpet making.

In 1996 his first novel die haarteppichknüpfer the hair carpet makers won one of the highest awards of german science fiction the sfcd literaturpreis. No perspective is repeated but themes and characters recur as seen through the eyes of others. The carpet makers by andreas eschbach. Since a carpet maker can have only one heir he is obliged to kill any surplus male children.

Andreas eschbach was born 1959 in ulm germany. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters. The carpet makers is constructed like a carpet weaving narratives together to tell a story that is at once immense in scope and driven by attention to the tiniest detail. Each chapter is a short story focusing on a different character.

But the days have changed so is the making of carpet. Carpet makers take several wives each chosen for the beauty and color of her hair. His second novel solarstation won the other great german science fiction award the kurd laßwitz preis. Since the time of pre history carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the emperor.

Set on a low tech world where the main industry is the manufacture of carpets of human hair german sf author eschbach s first novel forms a grim mosaic of stories of myriad people and cultures. Traders take the carpets to the spaceport where they are loaded aboard imperial ships and conveyed to the emperor s palace. As the story expands beyond one planet we learn that a rebellion has in fact overthrown the central government and killed the emperor and is bringing the news to the galactic region which includes the carpet makers a region that seems to have been removed from all official records.