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The Name of the Wind : 10th Anniversary Hardback Edition

The name of the wind
Bok av Patrick Rothfuss
'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.
I Patrick Rothfuss episka fantasydebut får vi följa Kvothe, beryktad magiker, skicklig tjuv, mästerlig musiker och en ökänd mördare. Varje bok utspelar sig under en dag där Kvothe återberättar hur han gick från barn i en resande artistgrupp till föräldralös kriminell för att sedan studerade på universitet som yngsta eleven någonsin och kalla på vindens namn.

Rothfuss sätt att beskriva världen han har skapat är mästerligt gjort, för att inte tala om karaktären Kvothe som är spydig, kvicktänkt och charmig!