In a distant universe since the beginning of time workers have spent their lives weaving
intricate carpets from the hair of women and girls. But why? Andreas Eschbach's mysterious
poignant space opera explores the absurdity of work and of life itself.'A novel of ideas that
evokes complex emotions through the working out of an intricate and ultimately satisfying plot
with echoes of Gene Wolfe Ursula K. Le Guin and Isaac Asimov' The New York Times Book Review
