The Carpet Makers Short Story

Each chapter is a short story focusing on a different character.

The carpet makers short story.

It was released in the us in 2005 and came out with little fanfare. No perspective is repeated but themes and characters recur as seen through the eyes of others. 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. The view jumps from the carpet maker and his wayward son to an explorer back to a trader to a tax collector to a rebel we see a lot of different aspects of life in the empire and on the worlds and the main characters from one story rise again in other stories woven in the background and scenery.

Published to celebrate 100 years of carpet manufacture 1862 1962. The carpet makers german original title. Letterpress printed by pillans and wilson edinburgh. That s why the carpet makers blew me away.

Includes loose leaf commemorative compliments slip. It s a collection of short stories. Made in scotland by alexander cowan and sons and tullis russell and co. The main reason i picked it up was that its first chapter had already appeared as a very memorable story in fantasy and science fiction and i was delighted to be.

The view jumps from the carpet maker and his wayward son to an explorer back to a trader to a tax collector to a rebel we see a lot of different aspects of life in the empire and on the worlds and the main characters from one story rise again in other stories woven in the background and scenery. It s a collection of short stories.