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Literature Overview of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind is a series of fantasy novels written by a recently identified novel writer, Patrick Rothfuss and originally published in 2007. With that, it is possible for many to undermine the works of a new writer but Patrick Rothfuss has been able to successfully prove himself worthy in this first mass-market literary outing through his genius writing ideas presented in the book. As for the philosopher’s philosophy, with the book being one of the vast read fantasy novels in the market and diverse reviews have been conducted about the book (Rothfuss 132). For instance, Crockford has been able to successfully conduct a literature review of the book terming it as one of the best fantasy novels which anyone deserves to read. Moreover, the book is just an essential autobiography of a well-known famous anarchist, but now a musician and adventurer known as Kvothe, a revolutionary. The interesting aspect of the book is that it begins as a storytelling strategy by the writer with the autobiography running through but occasionally reverts to narrative telling about an interview where the bibliography information springs from.

Accordingly, addressing the literature review of The Name of the Wind as per the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) International Bibliography perspective, there are various studies conducted in relation to the topic. For instance, a study by Wang, Peng and Xiaobin referred the book as one of the best novels to recommend to anyone with the story revolving around the life of Kvothe, with the fact that the book presents his life as anyone would like to have a relation of their lives to that of Kvothe. It explores his journey from childhood, through adolescence and all the way through to maturity (Wang, Peng and Xiaobin 775). Patrick Rothfuss wrote the book in a well-developed storyline and a beautiful universe carefully set and clearly articulated. Besides, the set includes all the things such as the more academic style of magic which is deeply deployed in the book making the narration and music form the greatest part of the book. Therefore, it is clear that Patrick Rothfuss uses a well thought of prose strategy which has been richly characterized by an interesting story making it excellent since no word feels out of position within the whole book.

Noteworthy, the tale is reluctantly by narrated by an old innkeeper in a gripping, imaginative and emotional atmosphere which attracts the concern and attention of the readers. The book explores the life of Kvothe being through his life as directionless pickpocket thief who later learns of his parent's killers and notices that the only way to unravel the mystery is by going to the university. From additional databases discussing the novel, it identifies specific strategies used in the book as the clear narration of the life history of the character (Rothfuss 155). Moreover, the author identifies the character traits of the protagonist during his university life of an individual who had developed a young love, having a rivalry with rich classmates as well as music in general. With Kvothe, the narrator is a very prominent narrator and world-renowned magician, musician, as well as a sword –fighter but this autography, was released a coming-of-age story faced with a lot of hardships on the dream world. However, despite all these, Patrick Rothfuss proved himself as one of the transcends genre qualifiers with his aspect of masterful characterization developing this exhilarating storyline.

The Name of the Wind is surely one of the masterful novels written in recent years and bares all attributes which drive the books on top among the most recently printed novels in the literature world. Additionally, the work has some exploring capabilities because while reading the novel, it does imaginatively expose the readers to the abilities to remember other stories. For instance, the book has a deep connection with other stories such as Blood Song by Anthony Ryan and The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle due to their diverse well-detailed plots and storytelling abilities they all possess. However, despite all these good attributes accorded to the novel, it is too early to declare the book as the best yet since time is highly required before making a decision of over any literary writing (Crockford 268). Conversely, The Name of the Wind seems to have caught the market and the attention of the readers with a record number of its copies selling out worldwide. Hence, this is one of the books that a reader can recommend anyone even if they like or do not like fantasy because reading it attracts the attention of any reader making them have an impatient wait for the next installment of the books series prominently referred to as the Kingkiller Chronicle.

Works Cited

Crockford, Nicola J. Literature Review of The Name of the Wind. No. JNCC--27. Literature Review Committee, 2013: 255-300.

Rothfuss, Patrick. The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle. Vol. 1. Hachette UK, 2010.

Wang, Xiaochen, Peng Guo, and Xiaobin Huang. "A review of The Name of the Wind." Energy process 12 (2015): 770-778.