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Patrick Rothfuss | € 8.99
subject: Fiction, Fantasy - General
ISBN: 9780756404741 | ISBN-10: 0756404746
Daw Books | publication date: 04/2008
US Edition | Paperback | 720 pages| | |
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description The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports readers into the body and mind of a wizard. It is a high-action novel written with a poet's hand, a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through his eyes: to read this book is to be the hero.
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The Name of the Wind by: Donna from Amsterdam 22-05-2009
The Name of the Wind is written in the great tradition of Adventure Fantasy. Imperfect heros, beautiful but spunky heroines, quests, swords, magic and magical beasts. But like the best examples of the genre, it rises above most offerings in that it is, at its core, about human struggle and emotion. We follow the story of a young man as he loses everything he loves, and rebuilds his life from - literally - nothing. He has only his talents, fierce survival instincts, and great heart to rely on. And while he is destined to be a great magician, setting his story outside the reality of our world, he - like us - must struggle with his nature and his challenges to become a great person. Just like every one of us living in the mundane world. This is a novel that will make you hungry for the sequel, but patient: like a well cooked meal, you know the second chapter will take some time. And anticipation of a well-cooked story is part of the delightful experience that is The Name of the Wind.
This review refers to the Paperback edition