《纽约时报》书评说:“这是一部思想小说,通过复杂而最终令人满意的情节,唤起人们复杂的情感,呼应了吉恩·沃尔夫(Gene Wolfe)、乌苏拉·k·勒吉恩(Ursula K. Le Guin)和艾萨克·阿西莫夫(Isaac Asimov)的作品。
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
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