The Name of the Wind Paperback (The Kingkiller Chronicle 1)
Rothfuss, Patrick | Gollancz
22,300원 | 20080612 | 9780575081406
There is a legend of a man of many names, of many talents. A musician, beggar, thief, student, alchemist and assassin. He is Maedre. He is E'lir - the clever one - he is Shadicar, Lightfinger and Six-String. But he is best known as Kvothe. Kvothe the Bloodless. Kvothe the Arcane. Kvothe Kingkiller.
Patrick Rothfuss currently lives in central Wisconsin where he teaches at the local university. In his free time Patrick writes a satirical humor column, practices civil disobedience, and dabbles in alchemy. He loves words, laughs often, and refuses to dance. The Name of the Wind is his first novel. There will be more.
This new fantasy writer is already being heralded as the new George R.R. Martin, with one of the most exciting fantasy series since Song of Ice and Fire. Brimming with magic, mystery, humour and ancient evil, it is pure escapist fiction: the tale of Kvothe, who we first meet as a rather unassuming innkeeper. But there are far more strings to Kvothe's bow, and within these pages you'll meet Kvothe the accomplished thief, the dragon slayer, the legend hunter and the infamous assassin . . .
The most exciting US fantasy series since George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire'Patrick Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous.' Terry Brooks'The Name of the Wind has everything: magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely believable.' Tad Williams'As absorbing on a second reading as it is on the first, this is the type of assured, rich first novel most writers can only dream of producing' Publishers Weekly, starred reviewA superb escapist, and exceptionally commercial, fantasy debutPerfect for Trudi Canavan and Robin Hobb readers
'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. My name is Kvothe.You may have heard of me'So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin. The Name of the Wind is fantasy at its very best, and an astounding must-read title.
"Patrick Rothfuss' debut is set in an unnamed but fully realised fantasy world, and his characters are detailed and convincing."
Stunning fantasy debut
