{"product_id":"the-name-of-the-wind-9780575081406","title":"The Name of the Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe astounding must-read first title in the bestselling Kingkiller chronicles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best epic fantasy I read last year... He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-George R. R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best epic fantasy I read last year...He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy -- George R R Martin\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Rothfuss' debut is set in an unnamed but fully realised fantasy world, and his characters are detailed and convincing. * WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY *\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous -- Terry Brooks\u003cbr\u003eThis is a magnificent book -- Anne McCaffrey\u003cbr\u003eThe Name of the Wind has everything: magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely believable -- Tad Williams\u003cbr\u003eAs 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 *\u003cbr\u003eIt is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing ... with true music in the words -- Ursula K Le Guin\u003cbr\u003eThe characters are real and the magic is true -- robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin’s Apprentice\u003cbr\u003eMasterful ... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description -- Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn\u003cbr\u003e[Makes] you think he's inventing the genre, instead of reinventing it -- Lev Grossman, New York Times-bestselling author of The Magicians\u003cbr\u003eHail Patrick Rothfuss! A new giant is striding the land -- Robert J. Sawyer, award-winning author of Wake\u003cbr\u003eI was reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and J. R. R. Tolkein, but never felt that Rothfuss was imitating anyone * THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eThis fast-moving, vivid, and unpretentious debut roots its coming-of-age fantasy in convincing mythology * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *\u003cbr\u003eThis breathtakingly epic story is heartrending in its intimacy and masterful in its narrative essence * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review *\u003cbr\u003eReminiscent in scope of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series ... this masterpiece of storytelling will appeal to lovers of fantasy on a grand scale * LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred) *\u003cbr\u003eShelve \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e beside \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e...and look forward to the day when it's mentioned in the same breath, perhaps as first among equals * The A.V. Club *\u003cbr\u003e\"Patrick Rothfuss' debut is set in an unnamed but fully realised fantasy world, and his characters are detailed and convincing.\" * WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735512625495,"sku":"9780575081406","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780575081406.jpg?v=1723810224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-name-of-the-wind-9780575081406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}