Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss


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.

Although the setting is the same this is not just another Harry Potter orphan attends a school for magic story. Kvothe is much more gypsy like as well as more accomplished than Harry, with fewer scruples.
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