The Name of the Wind

Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781399619202

Price: £50

ON SALE: 12th December 2023

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Fantasy

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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is one of the most iconic fantasy novels of the past twenty years. This unique edition, limited to 1,000 signed and numbered copies, is the perfect volume for any collector.

This luscious hardback edition has been set in demy format, which has never been available before. It is signed by the author, numbered, features foil stamping on the hardback board, a beautiful digitally printed edge, gorgeous woodcut-styled endpapers, head and tail bands and a stylish marker ribbon.

The lyrical fantasy masterpiece about stories, legends and how they change the world. The Name of the Wind is an absolute must-read for any fan of fantasy fiction.

‘This is a magnificent book’ Anne McCaffrey

‘I was reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, and J.R.R. Tolkein, but never felt that Rothfuss was imitating anyone’ THE TIMES

‘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 innkeeper – 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 coming-of-age adventure.

Reviews

Masterful ... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description
Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn
The best epic fantasy I read last year...He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy
George R R Martin
"Patrick Rothfuss' debut is set in an unnamed but fully realised fantasy world, and his characters are detailed and convincing."
WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY
This is a magnificent book
Anne McCaffrey
This fast-moving, vivid, and unpretentious debut roots its coming-of-age fantasy in convincing mythology
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Patrick Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous
Terry Brooks
Shelve The Name of the Wind beside The Lord of the Rings...and look forward to the day when it's mentioned in the same breath, perhaps as first among equals
The A.V. Club
I was reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and J. R. R. Tolkein, but never felt that Rothfuss was imitating anyone
THE TIMES
The characters are real and the magic is true
robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin’s Apprentice
Reminiscent in scope of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series ... this masterpiece of storytelling will appeal to lovers of fantasy on a grand scale
LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred)
It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing ... with true music in the words
Ursula K Le Guin
[Makes] you think he's inventing the genre, instead of reinventing it
Lev Grossman, New York Times-bestselling author of The Magicians
This breathtakingly epic story is heartrending in its intimacy and masterful in its narrative essence
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review
Hail Patrick Rothfuss! A new giant is striding the land
Robert J. Sawyer, award-winning author of Wake
The Name of the Wind has everything: magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely believable
Tad Williams
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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Patrick Rothfuss' debut is set in an unnamed but fully realised fantasy world, and his characters are detailed and convincing.
WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY