# The Name of the Wind
*The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1*

**Author(s):** Marc Simonetti, Patrick Rothfuss
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-name-of-the-wind/verdict.json
**Genres:** high-fantasy, fantasy, horror
**Pages:** 722
**Publisher:** DAW BOOKS
**Published:** Tue Apr 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780756404741
**ISBN-10:** 0756404746
**ASIN:** B0010SKUYM
**Amazon categories:** Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror > Occult & Supernatural
**Amazon binding:** $9.99
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-name-of-the-wind

## Series
- The Kingkiller Chronicle (#1)

## Description

***The Name of the Wind***, also called ***The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One***, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy ***The Kingkiller Chronicle***. It was published on March 27, 2007, by DAW Books, the novel has been hailed as a masterpiece of high fantasy.

The story begins the tale of Kvothe (pronounced "quothe"), a young man who becomes the most notorious magician his world has ever known. Kvothe narrates his own journey, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to his years as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, and his daring entrance into a prestigious and perilous school of magic.

Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel has been praised for its fresh and earthy originality, transporting readers into the mind of a wizard and the world that shaped him. It explores the truth behind the legend of a hero and how one can become entangled in their own mythology. Rothfuss's powerful storytelling and robust writing have earned him comparisons to renowned fantasy authors such as [Tad Williams][1], [George R. R. Martin][2], and [Robert Jordan][3].

Followed by: [***The Wise Man's Fear***][4]


([Source: special note from the publisher][5])

  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL292141A/
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL234664A/
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL233594A
  [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8479869W
  [5]: https://patrickrothfuss.com/content/note.html

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★★★ (Untitled) — r-s-curtis
The prose alone is worth the price of admission. Kvothe is a fascinating unreliable narrator.