{"product_id":"the-name-of-the-wind-9781473224087","title":"The Name of the Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis anniversary hardcover includes more than 50 pages of extra content!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Beautiful, iconic cover by artist Sam Weber and designer Paul Buckley\u003cbr\u003e- Gorgeous, never-before-seen illustrations by artist Dan Dos Santos\u003cbr\u003e- Detailed and updated world map by artist Nate Taylor\u003cbr\u003e- Brand-new author''s note\u003cbr\u003e- Appendix detailing calendar system and currencies\u003cbr\u003e- Pronunciation guide of names and places\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy name is Kvothe.\u003cbr\u003eYou may have heard of me''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his c\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 *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371974074711,"sku":"9781473224087","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-name-of-the-wind-9781473224087","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}