{"product_id":"the-carpet-makers-9780765314901","title":"The Carpet Makers","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrought to the attention of Tor Books by Orson Scott Card, this edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Carpet Makers\u003c\/i\u003e contains a special introduction by Orson Scott Card.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3242239\"\u003eAndreas Eschbach\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765314901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765314908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028030\"\u003eScience Fiction | Space Opera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC102010\"\u003eWorld Literature | Germany | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas Eschbach \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewas born 1959 in Ulm, Germany. In 1996, his first novel, \u003ci\u003eDie Haarteppichknüpfer\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Hair Carpet Makers\u003c\/i\u003e), won one of the highest awards of German science fiction, the SFCD-Literaturpreis. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eSolarstation\u003c\/i\u003e, won the other great German science fiction award, the Kurd Laßwitz Preis. His third novel, \u003ci\u003eJesus Video\u003c\/i\u003e, won both of them, became a nationwide bestseller in 2000, and was turned into a movie in 2002. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis first translation into another language was in 1998, when \u003ci\u003eDie Haarteppichknüpfer\u003c\/i\u003e was published in France as \u003ci\u003eDes milliards des tapis de cheveux\u003c\/i\u003e. It was not only the first German science fiction novel to be published in France after 18 years, it also won two literary prizes in France and Belgium. Several novels and short stories have been translated since then, into French, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Russian, and Turkish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEschbach currently lives on the French Atlantic coast with his family.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42675308691693,"sku":"9780765314901","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_75a2caea-82d2-442b-85fd-7c178f07ba20.jpg?v=1649601371","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-carpet-makers-9780765314901","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}