Rothfuss has won several awards for the series, including the 2007 Quill Award for the first book, The Name of the Wind. His big break came when an excerpt from the full prose won a Writers of the Future competition and the rest is literary history. The original version took the form of a single novel entitled The Song of Flame and Thunder, however, it failed to gain traction with publishers. Martin, Orson Scott Card and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda who cites the books as a key inspiration for some of the songs that appear in Disney's Moana.Īuthor Patrick Rothfuss was inspired to write his groundbreaking work while studying a bachelor's degree in English. He plays the role with aplomb, with an effortless yet immersive style that draws you into the narrative and the various realms and adversaries encountered by our protagonist.įans of the series include George R. Taking on the monumental task of portraying Kvothe in the audiobooks is voice artist Nick Podehl. In a series of semi-autobiographical tales that offers a unique take on fantasy literature, our hero encounters sorrow, survival and a search for his purpose in the universe. Kvothe is an adventurer, a musician and a magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.
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