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The Name of the Wind
Full title: | The Name of the Wind |
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ISBN: | 9780756404741 |
ISBN 10: | 0756404746 |
Authors: | |
Publisher: | Daw Books |
Edition: | Reprint |
Num. pages: | 722 |
Binding: | Mass Market Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2008 |
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Synopsis
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.You may have heard of me.
So begins the tale of Kvothe-from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to 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 as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But The Name Of The Wind is so much more-for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's legend.