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The Name of the Wind, also referred to as 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, followed by The Wise Man's Fear. It was published on March 27, 2007, by DAW Books.
The Kingkiller Chronicle is a planned fantasy trilogy by the American writer Patrick Rothfuss. [1] The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011. The books released in the series have sold over 10 million copies. [2]
"The Rule of Names" is a short story by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the April 1964 issue of Fantastic and reprinted in collections such as The Wind's Twelve Quarters. [1] This story and " The Word of Unbinding " convey Le Guin's initial concepts for the Earthsea realm, including its places and physical manifestation.
The book was a critical and commercial success, debuting at the top of the New York Times Fantasy list. [8] [9] In Bookmarks May/June 2011 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.00 out of 5) with the summary stating, "Nevertheless, readers who enjoyed Wind should not miss The Wise Man's Fear and will no doubt join the critics in singing Rothfuss's ...
One fictional child featured in the book is 5-year-old Samuel Adler, whose father disappeared after the 1938 pogrom in Vienna known as Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass.
The writing process for the book started in January 2022. [4] The book was previously known as Knights of Wind and Truth before Sanderson decided on Wind and Truth.In December 2023 Sanderson announced the completion of the first draft of the novel, [5] which was later followed by the announcement of the publication date by his publisher Tor Books.
The writing occasionally slips into a poetic flow when describing the little things in Auri's day-to-day life. As Patrick Rothfuss himself says, the book does not do what a "proper book should do", so that it actually does not have a clear plot. The story cannot easily be divided into a beginning, middle, and end, and does not have a proper climax.
Kahlan destroys the book, recites the names of the three chimes, and Richard is cured of the plague. In the epilogue, members of Drefan's sect come to see Richard looking for him. They tell him that Drefan was seriously disturbed, having taken to murdering prostitutes who reminded him of his mother.