Andreas Eschbach: “The Carpet Makers”
Presented by the Goethe-Institut Toronto, the Merril Collection and Toronto Public Library
German Sci-Fi star author exclusively in Toronto
Reading and signing
26 Sep 08, 7pm
Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.
English and German
Admission free
GI +1 416 5935257; Merril +1 416 3937748
arts2@toronto.goethe.org
26 Sep 08, 7pm
Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.
English and German
Admission free
GI +1 416 5935257; Merril +1 416 3937748
arts2@toronto.goethe.orgBorn in 1959 in Ulm, Germany, Andreas Eschbach is one of Germany’s most renowned science fiction writers. Eschbach has been writing since he was 12 years old, but pursued a successful career as a software developer and IT consultant before taking up writing full-time in 1996.
In 1995 his first novel, “Die Haarteppichknüpfer” (“The Carpet Makers”) was published and went on to win the prestigious SFCD Literary Award. His second novel, “Solarstation” won the other great German science fiction prize, the Kurd Laßwitz Award. Eschbach’s third critically acclaimed novel “Das Jesus Video” became a bestseller in Germany and was made into a TV movie in 2002. Andreas Eschbach is considered to be one of the most successful German science fiction writers of his generation and has helped make a name for German science fiction on the world stage.
About “The Carpet Makers”:
Since the time of pre-history, carpet makers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hair of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpet maker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime. This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself. But 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...
What the critics are saying about Andreas Eschbach and “The Carpet Makers”:
"Enthusiastically introduced by no less than Orson Scott Card, this far-future novel does credit to everyone concerned, starting with its German author... Despite being broken into short episodes, the novel is one fluidly integrated story. Eschbach is likely to become an international phenomenon." - Booklist
"Andreas Eschbach is incontestably the shooting star of the German SF scene." - Heyne Science Fiction Yearbook
"A considerable achievement, and one that suggests the presence of a world-class SF voice that we ought to know about." – Locus
A broad selection of Andreas Eschbach's works in English and German is available for loan through the Goethe-Institut Toronto. For more information please contact Shawn Whatley at
libraryservice@toronto.goethe.org.
In 1995 his first novel, “Die Haarteppichknüpfer” (“The Carpet Makers”) was published and went on to win the prestigious SFCD Literary Award. His second novel, “Solarstation” won the other great German science fiction prize, the Kurd Laßwitz Award. Eschbach’s third critically acclaimed novel “Das Jesus Video” became a bestseller in Germany and was made into a TV movie in 2002. Andreas Eschbach is considered to be one of the most successful German science fiction writers of his generation and has helped make a name for German science fiction on the world stage.
About “The Carpet Makers”:
Since the time of pre-history, carpet makers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hair of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpet maker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime. This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself. But 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...
What the critics are saying about Andreas Eschbach and “The Carpet Makers”:
"Enthusiastically introduced by no less than Orson Scott Card, this far-future novel does credit to everyone concerned, starting with its German author... Despite being broken into short episodes, the novel is one fluidly integrated story. Eschbach is likely to become an international phenomenon." - Booklist
"Andreas Eschbach is incontestably the shooting star of the German SF scene." - Heyne Science Fiction Yearbook
"A considerable achievement, and one that suggests the presence of a world-class SF voice that we ought to know about." – Locus
A broad selection of Andreas Eschbach's works in English and German is available for loan through the Goethe-Institut Toronto. For more information please contact Shawn Whatley at
libraryservice@toronto.goethe.org.
