Comments on: Adventures Abroad: Rome

By: Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:11 +0000

I live in Denmark (A rather small country which, no, is not the capital of IKEA, thank you very much) and here, we speak Danish. Linguists say that it’s one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, to teach and to be taught. I don’t know as I’ve been fluent since I was about 10.

I’m pretty much fluent in English, I understand German perfectly – if spoken slooooowly! – and I am terribly horrible at Spanish.

My point is that if you live in a small country and learn a language from birth that no inhabitants from other countries understand, you are somehow forced – or you have to, at least – learn a different language (or several) in order to communicate with Americans, English, French, Germans or others. It’s an absolute necessity (I don’t think that’s properly spelled.. There goes my credibility. Sorta :D).

Anyways. Love the book. Take your time and tweak it into perfect-hood (U-huh. Perfecthood is now officially a word!) and give it to us eager readers when it’s done :D

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:34:42 +0000

mmk sooo im sure this isnt where i should post THIS comment but the last one i wrote took an hour it was soooo long n my comp dies :’(
so basically i wanna say…
PAT I FUCKIN LOVE U!!!!!
and ur writing is better than dantes inferno and the odyssey combines and i believe they should make children read it because its the best piece of literature in the world!!!

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:29:20 +0000

Dear Mr. Rothfuss, well at least now you can imagine, how spectacular and mystique had been to me seeing the first epizodes of Star Wars in English during the eighties, I had been 7 yrs old Czech guy (Czech is a rather small country in the middle of Europe, although we think it is quite well known, I found that especially in U.S.A. is not so) and my knowledge of English was zip. I would like to invite you to visit the Prague next time you will try to cross the Atlantic, but I am afraid, we still cannot offer you fluent English speaking citizens, who will help you with common everyday problems in foreign country (we are trying to educate ourself, but it takes some time), so it would be an adventure almost like in Italy. Thanks for your will to share with us – your readers – your fantasies and know, that even here in Czech you have lot of fans who are trembling in awaiting of new adventures of Kvothe.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:03:44 +0000

I thought it was interesting that you equated not having a working knowledge of the language as being deaf. Communication barriers define the interaction between a deaf person and the rest of the world. It goes so far beyond the mere inability to hear.

Now, whether you meant to make such a profound, perceptive statement about deaf people, I don’t know… but me gusta!

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:10:08 +0000

Great story. Reminds me of my trip to Japan, where I felt pretty much the same. At one point I was trying to buy food and the girl asked me a question and I just kept trying to hand her the money. Eventually I figured out she was asking me what kind of soda I wanted.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:37:35 +0000

Maybe I’ll wait to have another chance to meet you and your lady till I have my own baby…
I hope Italy didn’t scare you so much you won’t come again

Giuls

By: Light

Light — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:46:12 +0000

Thanks for the interview video! You are erudite.

…I will also have to learn to pronounse Kvothe’s name properly now that I know how it sounds.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:50:47 +0000

The german phrase I can’t forget is “If I only had diarrhea…”

By: Quisty

Quisty — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:33:48 +0000

I just wanted to day that I was tricked! Tricked, I tell you! I've been in a reading slump lately-books just aren't living up to my (high) expectations. So I googled "Top 25 fantasy novels" and not surprisingly, To Name The Wind was on there.

And then the trick: Right next to the pic of that book is another pic: Wise Mans Fear. So i got all excited thinking YAY!!!! The next book is done!!!! Woo hoo! I then frantically started googling to see how I could get this new book in my hot little hands, only to find it does not yet really exist.

*sigh*

No pressure or anything, but anxiously awaiting it's arrival down here in Northern Illinois. Yeah, I'm a FIB. Please don't hold it against me.

By: Decemmie

Decemmie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:32:24 +0000

Hi,

Not related to your European trip, other than the fact I am in London and was too busy reading your book to find out that you were in town. Oops!

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the first book. I had an unprecidented experience with The Name of the Wind. I bought it on the recommendation of my little brother who is an aspiring author, sat down with it at the end of a long annoying day when I was tired and just wanted to check out for an hour or two … read the first page … and put it back down again. That’s the first time I have ever done that - it was too good to waste on that frame of mind. Kind of like sitting down starving in front of a meal, shovelling in the first bite and then realising the food is so good that you need to sloooooooooooooooow down.

So, thank you for such a beautiful work. I am looking forward to the next installment when the time comes but agree with (most of) your other commenters. I may be fizzing with impatience but the absolute and only priority is that you get the time and space to create the book as it ought to be. Good things come to those who wait.

decemmie