The Name of the Wind
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss' epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle.
"I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." -Lin-Manuel Miranda • "He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy." -George R. R. Martin • "Rothfuss has real...
"I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." -Lin-Manuel Miranda • "He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy." -George R. R. Martin • "Rothfuss has real...
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Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss' epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle."I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." -Lin-Manuel Miranda • "He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy." -George R. R. Martin • "Rothfuss has real talent." -Terry Brooks
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DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
My name is Kvothe.
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.
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.
Praise for The Kingkiller Chronicle:
"The best epic fantasy I read last year.... He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy."
-George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire
"Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous."
-Terry Brooks, New York Times-bestselling author of Shannara
"It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing...with true music in the words."
-Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of Earthsea
"The characters are real and the magic is true."
-Robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin's Apprentice
"Masterful.... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description."
-Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn
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PROLOGUEA Silence of Three Parts
It was night again. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.
The most obvious part was a hollow, echoing quiet, made by things that were lacking. If there had been a wind it would have sighed through the trees, set the inn s sign creaking on its hooks, and brushed the silence down the road like trailing autumn leaves. If there had been a crowd, even a handful of men inside the inn, they would have filled the silence with conversation and laughter, the clatter and clamor one expects from a drinking house during the dark hours of night. If there had been music...but no, of course there was no music. In fact there were none of these things, and so the silence remained.
Inside the Waystone a pair of men huddled at one corner of the bar. They drank with quiet determination, avoiding serious discussions of troubling news. In doing this they added a small, sullen silence to the larger, hollow one. It made an alloy of sorts, a counterpoint.
The third silence was not an easy thing to notice. If you listened for an hour, you might begin to feel it in the wooden floor underfoot and in the rough, splintering barrels behind the bar. It was in the weight of the black stone hearth that held the heat of a long dead fire. It was in the slow back and forth of a white linen cloth rubbing along the grain of the bar. And it was in the hands of the man who stood there, polishing a stretch of mahogany that already gleamed in the lamplight.
The man had true-red hair, red as flame. His eyes were dark and distant, and he moved with the subtle certainty that comes from knowing many things.
The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as it was the greatest silence of the three, wrapping the others inside itself. It was deep and wide as autumn s ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to
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die.
CHAPTER ONE
A Place for Demons
It was Felling Night, and the usual crowd had gathered at the Waystone Inn. Five wasn t much of a crowd, but five was as many as the Waystone ever saw these days, times being what they were.
Old Cob was filling his role as storyteller and advice dispensary. The men at the bar sipped their drinks and listened. In the back room a young innkeeper stood out of sight behind the door, smiling as he listened to the details of a familiar story.
When he awoke, Taborlin the Great found himself locked in a high tower. They had taken his sword and stripped him of his tools: key, coin, and candle were all gone. But that weren t even the worst of it, you see... Cob paused for effect, ...cause the lamps on the wall were burning blue!
Graham, Jake, and Shep nodded to themselves. The three friends had grown up together, listening to Cob s stories and ignoring his advice.
Cob peered closely at the newer, more attentive member of his small audience, the smith s prentice. Do you know what that meant, boy? Everyone called the smith s prentice boy despite the fact that he was a hand taller than anyone there. Small towns being what they are, he would most likely remain boy until his beard filled out or he bloodied someone s nose over the matter.
The boy gave a slow nod. The Chandrian.
That s right, Cob said approvingly. The Chandrian. Everyone knows that blue fire is one of their signs. Now he was
But how d they find him? the boy interrupted. And why din t they kill him when they had the chance?
Hush now, you ll get all the answers before the end, Jake said. Just let him tell it.
No need
CHAPTER ONE
A Place for Demons
It was Felling Night, and the usual crowd had gathered at the Waystone Inn. Five wasn t much of a crowd, but five was as many as the Waystone ever saw these days, times being what they were.
Old Cob was filling his role as storyteller and advice dispensary. The men at the bar sipped their drinks and listened. In the back room a young innkeeper stood out of sight behind the door, smiling as he listened to the details of a familiar story.
When he awoke, Taborlin the Great found himself locked in a high tower. They had taken his sword and stripped him of his tools: key, coin, and candle were all gone. But that weren t even the worst of it, you see... Cob paused for effect, ...cause the lamps on the wall were burning blue!
Graham, Jake, and Shep nodded to themselves. The three friends had grown up together, listening to Cob s stories and ignoring his advice.
Cob peered closely at the newer, more attentive member of his small audience, the smith s prentice. Do you know what that meant, boy? Everyone called the smith s prentice boy despite the fact that he was a hand taller than anyone there. Small towns being what they are, he would most likely remain boy until his beard filled out or he bloodied someone s nose over the matter.
The boy gave a slow nod. The Chandrian.
That s right, Cob said approvingly. The Chandrian. Everyone knows that blue fire is one of their signs. Now he was
But how d they find him? the boy interrupted. And why din t they kill him when they had the chance?
Hush now, you ll get all the answers before the end, Jake said. Just let him tell it.
No need
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Autoren-Porträt von Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss is the bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicle. His first novel, The Name of the Wind, won the Quill Award and was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Its sequel, The Wise Man’s Fear, debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller chart and won the David Gemmell Legend Award. His novels have appeared on NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Books list and Locus’ Best 21st Century Fantasy Novels list. Pat lives in Wisconsin, where he brews mead, builds box forts with his children, and runs Worldbuilders, a book-centered charity that has raised more than six million dollars for Heifer International. He can be found at patrickrothfuss.com and on Twitter at @patrickrothfuss.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Patrick Rothfuss
- 2008, 736 Seiten, Maße: 11,2 x 17,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: DAW BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 0756404746
- ISBN-13: 9780756404741
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Praise for The Kingkiller ChronicleThe best epic fantasy I read last year.... He s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy. George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire
Rothfuss Kingkiller books are among the most read and re-read in our home. It s a world you want to spend lifetimes in, as his many fans will attest. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Hamilton
Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous. Terry Brooks, New York Times-bestselling author of Shannara
"It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing...with true music in the words." Ursula K. LeGuin, award-winning author of Earthsea
"The characters are real and the magic is true. Robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin s Apprentice
"Masterful.... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description." Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn
[Makes] you think he's inventing the genre, instead of reinventing it. Lev Grossman, New York Times-bestselling author of The Magicians
This is a magnificent book. Anne McCaffrey, award-winning author of the Dragonriders of Pern
The great new fantasy writer we've been waiting for, and this is an astonishing book." Orson Scott Card, New York Times-bestselling author of Ender s Game
It's not the fantasy trappings (as wonderful as they are) that make this novel so good, but what the author has to say about true, common things, about ambition and failure, art, love, and loss. Tad Williams, New York Times-bestselling author of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
An extremely immersive story set in a flawlessly constructed world and told extremely well. Jo Walton, award-winning author of Among Others
Hail Patrick Rothfuss!
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A new giant is striding the land. Robert J. Sawyer, award-winning author of Wake
Fans of the epic high fantasies of George R.R. Martin or J.R.R. Tolkien will definitely want to check out Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind. NPR
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
Rothfuss (who has already been compared to the likes of Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan, and George R. R. Martin) is poised to be crowned the new king of epic fantasy. Barnes & Noble
I was reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and J. R. R. Tolkien, but never felt that Rothfuss was imitating anyone. The London Times
This fast-moving, vivid, and unpretentious debut roots its coming-of-age fantasy in convincing mythology. Entertainment Weekly
This breathtakingly epic story is heartrending in its intimacy and masterful in its narrative essence. Publishers Weekly (starred)
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)
Fans of the epic high fantasies of George R.R. Martin or J.R.R. Tolkien will definitely want to check out Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind. NPR
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
Rothfuss (who has already been compared to the likes of Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan, and George R. R. Martin) is poised to be crowned the new king of epic fantasy. Barnes & Noble
I was reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and J. R. R. Tolkien, but never felt that Rothfuss was imitating anyone. The London Times
This fast-moving, vivid, and unpretentious debut roots its coming-of-age fantasy in convincing mythology. Entertainment Weekly
This breathtakingly epic story is heartrending in its intimacy and masterful in its narrative essence. Publishers Weekly (starred)
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)
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