# The Name of the Wind

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- Book: [The Name of the Wind](https://www.bookquiver.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind) ([The Name of the Wind.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind.md))
- Authors: [Patrick Rothfuss](https://www.bookquiver.com/patrick-rothfuss), [Rupert Degas](https://www.bookquiver.com/rupert-degas)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-307-3
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2017-11-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

'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. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me' So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his 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 the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin. The Name of the Wind is fantasy at its very best, and an astounding must-read title.