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Rent The Name of the Wind (KingKiller Chronicles)
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Narrator: Podehl, Nick
Format: Unabridged-MP3, Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Brilliance Corporation
Published: May 2009
Genre: Fiction - Fantasy - General
Retail Price: $29.99
Discs: 2
Synopsis
My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I have 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 the day. I have talked to God's, loved women and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me.'
So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature — the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.
From Publishers Weekly (Starred Review): 'The originality of Rothfuss's outstanding debut fantasy, the first of a trilogy, lies less in its unnamed imaginary world than in its precise execution.... As absorbing on a second reading as it is on the first, this is the type of assured, rich first novel most writers can only dream of producing. The fantasy world has a new star.'
'[Rothfuss is] the great new fantasy writer we've been waiting for, and this is an astonishing book...' — Orson Scott Card, bestselling author of Ender's Game
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Reviews
This is a thoroughly engrossing story to listen to. The plot feels fresh and unfamiliar, which I find to be a nice switch from the many many many fantasy novels that are no more than tweaked versions of previous successful series. The story is told in a clever way, and I didnt find it highhanded with countless, similar sounding names of sons of sons of kings and overly complicated politics, etc.The narrator reads at a natural pace, and does a good job distinguishing voices and emotions. He mispronounces a less commonly used word or two, and misreads the cadence of a turn of phrase here and there, but not often enough to distract from the story.The only criticism I have concerning the writing is that every so often the author uses the lax grammar that we Americans have become notorious for. I found it slightly irksome, yet I was able to forgive the oversight.I had a great movie going on in my head as I followed along, which is what I want most from a good book. Give it a listen!