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The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle
- ASIN : 0575081406
- Publisher : Gollancz; Latest edition (12 June 2008)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 672 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0756404746
- ISBN-13 : 978-0575081406
- Item Weight : 476 g
- Dimensions : 19.8 x 4 x 13.1 cm
- Country of Origin : United Kingdom
The Name of the Wind is a fantasy novel by Patrick Rothfuss.
At first glance, no one would have assumed that the innkeeper Kote had a terrible secret. The town of Newarre is so far off that news reaches it slow, yet a mysterious man called the Chronicler arrives to the town, investigating an idea that he could find one of the most notorious figures of recent history there, hiding in plain sight. When he confronts Kote with his hunch that he is none other than Kvothe, the master swordsman, magician, musician and Kingkiller, the innkeeper originally brushes it off. Yet, Kote’s own pride forces him to reveal his past, and he begins telling the man his story. He begins with his childhood, explaining how he was influenced by a scholar named Abenthy who knew the Name of the Wind. Kvothe explains how he managed to find his way to the city of Tarbean , where he lived as a poor urchin. Later, he applied for admission at the University, and despite his lack of funds, he becomes a formidable student. Along his way, he meets a mysterious woman named Denna and falls in love with her. However, he doesn’t know that his feelings for Denna might be the cause of his own undoing.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.
A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.
