The Carpet Makers Review

The carpet makers was the second novel by him that i read after lord of all things.

The carpet makers review.

The carpet makers tcm has both good quality. The carpet makers andreas eschbach author trans. The idea behind the story is in my opinion something unique. Usually one book is enough to comprehend appreciate and like an author but after finishing the carpet makers i realized the scope of eschbach s imaginative horizon and i came to like him even more.

The concept is epic and deep the writing execution is resembling the carpet weaving in the story itself. While the carpet makers is technically science fiction it is a novel that addresses the wide variants of human nature of the best and worst people can be capable of. A good concept and a very good execution. Carpet makers take several wives each chosen for the beauty and color of her hair.

It is a novel whose messages and story will haunt after it is finished. From the german by doryl jensen. It takes place in the far distant future but it doesn t go down tried and true path of spaceships and blasters. Tor 24 95 304p isbn 978 0 7653 0593 0.

It speaks to the depths of the meanings of religion and faith and truth and to the danger and terror of absolute power.