The Carpet Makers
by Andreas Eschbach
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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.
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The Carpet Makers
February 21, 2006, Tor Books
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- First trade paperback edition
0765314908 9780765314901
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Die Haarteppichknüpfer: Roman
24. Juni 2005, Bastei Lübbe
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in German
- Vollst. Taschenbuchausg., 1. Aufl.
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Die Haarteppichknüpfer: Roman
1995, Schneekluth
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"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."
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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."
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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.
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