false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172529959m/186074.jpg 186074 24 My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to. The Adem call me Maedre. Which, depending on how it's spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree. "The Flame" is obvious if you've ever seen me. I have red hair, bright. If I had been born a couple of hundred years ago I would probably been burned as a demon. I keep it short but it's unruly. When left to its own devices, it sticks up and makes me look as if I've been set afire. "The Thunder" I attribute to a strong baritone and a great deal of stage training at an early age. I've never thought of "The Broken Tree" as very significant. Although in retrospect, I suppose it could be considered at least partially prophetic. My first mentor called me E'lir because I was clever and I knew it. My first real lover called me Dulator because she liked the sound of it. I have been called Shadicar, Lightfinger, and Six-String. I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller. I have earned those names. Bought and paid for them. But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father once told me it meant "to know." I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned. 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 the day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me. So begins the tale of Kvothe - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players to 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 as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But THE NAME OF THE WIND is so much more - for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's legend. 2502879 book 27 3 2007 The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) total:4249|5:2522|4:1249|3:365|2:81|1:32| 4249 18895 6819 1232 5 45 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 07:35:11 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 08:45:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 85 false false Tue Feb 19 11:24:54 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 16:54:27 -0800 2008 300-400 5 22 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 08:21:17 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 08:23:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 13 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:18:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 21:55:57 -0700 2009
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