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The Kingkiller Chronicle : day one

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An edition of The Name of the Wind (2007)

The Name of the Wind

The Kingkiller Chronicle : day one

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  • ★★★★ 4.3 (188 ratings) ·
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  • 43 Currently reading
  • 244 Have read

"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 this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's legend"--From publisher description.

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DAW Books, Distributed by Penguin Group
Language
English
Pages
661

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Subjects

orphans, American fantasy fiction, Adult books for young adults, epic fiction, series, Juvenile audience, demons, quests, loss (psychology), fate and fatalism, voyages and travels, heroes and heroines, murder, rulers, gods and goddesses, imaginary places, good and evil, fantasy fiction, The Kingkiller Chronicle, fantasy, assassins, Quill Award winner, Alex Award winner, Magic, Magician, Wizards, Fiction, Magicians, Magos, Magia, Asesinos, Novela fantástica, Ficción, Homeless children, Antiheroes, Storytelling, Legends, Fiction, fantasy, epic, nyt:mass-market-paperback=2015-01-04, New York Times bestseller

People

Kvothe, Chronicler, Abenthy, Bast, Denna, Ambrose, Simmon, Wilem, Fela, Cinder, Lord Haliax, Lanre, Master Hemme, Elodin, Taborlin the Great, the Chandrian, the Fae

Places

Newarre, Tarbean, The University

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Table of Contents

Prologue. A Silence of Three Parts
Chapter 1. A Place for Demons
Chapter 2. A Beautiful Day
Chapter 3. Wood and Word
Chapter 4. Halfway to Newarre
Chapter 5. Notes
Chapter 6. The Price of Remembering
Chapter 7. Of Beginnings and the Names of Things
Chapter 8. Thieves, Heretics, and Whores
Chapter 9. Riding in the Wagon with Ben
Chapter 10. Alar and the Several Stones
Chapter 11. The Binding of Iron
Chapter 12. Puzzle Pieces Fitting
Chapter 13. Interlude–Flesh with Blood Beneath
Chapter 14. The Name of the Wind
Chapter 15. Distractions and Farewells
Chapter 16. Hope
Chapter 17. Interlude–Autumn
Chapter 18. Roads to Safe Places
Chapter 19. Fingers and Strings
Chapter 21. Bloody Hands Into Stinging Fists
Chapter 22. Basement, Bread and Bucket
Chapter 23. The Burning Wheel
Chapter 24. Shadows Themselves
Chapter 25. Interlude–Eager for Reasons
Chapter 26. Lanre Turned
Chapter 27. His Eyes Unveiled
Chapter 28. Tehlu's Watchful Eye
Chapter 29. The Doors of My Mind
Chapter 30. The Broken Binding
Chapter 31. The Nature of Nobility
Chapter 32. Coppers, Cobblers and Crowds
Chapter 33. A Sea of Stars
Chapter 34. Yet to Learn
Chapter 35. A Parting of Ways
Chapter 36. Less Talents
Chapter 37. Bright-Eyed
Chapter 38. Sympathy in the Mains
Chapter 39. Enough Rope
Chapter 40. On the Horns
Chapter 41. Friend’s Blood
Chapter 42. Bloodless
Chapter 43. The Flickering Way
Chapter 44. The Burning Glass
Chapter 45. Interlude–Some Tavern Tale
Chapter 46. The Ever-Changing Wind
Chapter 47. Barbs
Chapter 48. Interlude–A Silence of a Different Kind
Chapter 49. The Nature of Wild Things
Chapter 50. Negotiations
Chapter 51. Tar and Tin
Chapter 52. Burning
Chapter 53. Slow Circles
Chapter 54. A Place to Burn
Chapter 55. Flame and Thunder
Chapter 56. Patrons, Maids and Metheglin
Chapter 57. Interlude–The Parts that Form Us
Chapter 58. Names for Beginning
Chapter 59. All This Knowing
Chapter 60. Fortune
Chapter 61. Jackass, Jackass
Chapter 62. Leaves
Chapter 63. Walking and Talking
Chapter 64. Nine in the Fire
Chapter 65. Spark
Chapter 66. Volatile
Chapter 67. A Matter of Hands
Chapter 68. The Ever-Changing Wind
Chapter 69. Wind or Women’s Fancy
Chapter 70. Signs
Chapter 71. Strange Attraction
Chapter 72. Borrorill
Chapter 73. Pegs
Chapter 74. Waystone
Chapter 75. Interlude–Obedience
Chapter 76. The Mating Habits of the Common Draccus
Chapter 77. Bluffs
Chapter 78. Poison
Chapter 79. Sweet Talk
Chapter 80. Touching Iron
Chapter 81. Pride
Chapter 82. Ash and Elm…
Chapter 83. Return
Chapter 84. A Sudden Storm
Chapter 85. Hands Against Me
Chapter 86. The Fire Itself
Chapter 87. Winter
Chapter 88. Interlude–Looking
Chapter 89. A Pleasant Afternoon
Chapter 90. Half-Built Houses
Chapter 91. Worthy of Pursuit
Chapter 92. The Music that Plays
Epilogue. A Silence of Three Parts

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Daw book collectors -- no. 1396
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3618.O8685 N36 2007, PS3618.O8685N36 2007

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
661 p. :
Number of pages
661

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16159793M
ISBN 10
075640407X
ISBN 13
9780756404079
LCCN
2007297742
OCLC/WorldCat
145149268, 85845491
LibraryThing
2410323
Goodreads
37903273
186074
3315928

Work Identifiers

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OL8479867W
BookBrainz
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Wikidata
Q1195989
MusicBrainz
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Work Description

The Name of the Wind, also called The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle. It was published on March 27, 2007, by DAW Books, the novel has been hailed as a masterpiece of high fantasy.

The story begins the tale of Kvothe (pronounced "quothe"), a young man who becomes the most notorious magician his world has ever known. Kvothe narrates his own journey, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to his years as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, and his daring entrance into a prestigious and perilous school of magic.

Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel has been praised for its fresh and earthy originality, transporting readers into the mind of a wizard and the world that shaped him. It explores the truth behind the legend of a hero and how one can become entangled in their own mythology. Rothfuss's powerful storytelling and robust writing have earned him comparisons to renowned fantasy authors such as Tad Williams, George R. R. Martin, and Robert Jordan.

Followed by: The Wise Man's Fear

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