A name to remember
1 December 2009|
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The name of the wind … In a quiet village inn, a man known as Kote is patiently waiting to die. He has left all past tragedy and glory behind, and is desperate not to be found but the past is seeking him out. Demonic spiderlike beings appear in the village and in fighting them off Kote saves the life of Chronicler, a renowned historian who has been searching for Kote. Chronicler is determined to record Kote’s story before that story is lost to the embroidery of myth , the story of the legendary Kvothe. Reluctantly, Kote agrees, on the condition that Chronicler gives him no less than three days to tell his tale. The Name of the Wind is the part of this tale told on the first day , from the devastating tragedy that first set Kvothe’s feet on the path of legend to his unconventional entry into the great University where the first stories about him would be told. This is author Patrick Rothfuss’s first novel and Book 1 in the Kingkiller Chronicles. It is gripping and superbly written, with a richness and readability many far more experienced authors fail to achieve. Rothfuss is a stunning new talent and this book is not to be missed by lovers of a deep fantasy. |
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