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Monday, April 30, 2007

Book of the Week (April 30, 2007)


The Name of the Wind
By Patrick Rothfuss

On display on the new book shelf in the library and the featured title in a free book talk by the author at the Albertson Library on Wednesday, May 2 at 3:00 pm.

Publisher's Book Description: NOT TO BE MISSED: THE POWERFUL DEBUT NOVEL FROM FANTASY'S NEXT SUPERSTAR! Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature. A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.

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