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The Narrow Road Between Desires

A Kingkiller Chronicle Novella

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The Narrow Road Between Desires

By: Patrick Rothfuss, Nate Taylor - illustrator
Narrated by: Rupert Degas, Patrick Rothfuss
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Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-out of breathing; to watch him trade is to watch an artist at work. But even a master's brush can slip. When he accepts a gift, taking something for nothing, Bast's whole world is knocked askew, for he knows how to bargain - but not how to owe.

From dawn to midnight over the course of a single day, follow the Kingkiller Chronicle's most charming fae as he schemes and sneaks, dancing into trouble and back out again with uncanny grace.

The Narrow Road Between Desires is Bast's story. In it he traces the old ways of making and breaking, following his heart even when doing so goes against his better judgement.

After all, what good is caution if it keeps him from danger and delight?

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©2023 Patrick Rothfuss (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited Fantasy Heartfelt Humorous

Critic reviews

'He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy' - George R R Martin

'The characters are real and the magic is true' - Robin Hobb

'Masterful ... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description' - Brandon Sanderson

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Heartwarming Tale • Witty Storytelling • Excellent Degas Performance • Wonderful Expansion • Lovely Oddness

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The story is a nice expansion of "the lightning tree". It's nearly the same story but fleshed out quite a bit.

But what's with this narrator? The voices are over-the-top and some actually contradict with what we know of the characters, such as Kvothe's voice. Rupert also has an annoying intentional disregard for punctuation sometimes.

I feel that the narrator takes way too much liberty in changing the story and characters through his telling. That's too bad, I enjoyed the story much less because of it.

I really hope there will be another recording of the book with Nick Podehl as narrator. Or maybe Patrick Rothfuss himself as his performance of "the lightning tree" was great.

Nice story, but poor narrator

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rothfoss draws you in to bast's world in a delightful way. prosaic yet meaningful, we get insights into what bast gets up to when kvothe isn't looking

how to make a mundane day meaningful

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The Narrow Road Between Desires is a nice lisen while waiting for book 3, love it 😊

Love it

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Don’t read this expecting a continuation of Kvothe’s adventure, because it’s not. Just let go and enjoy this witty and heartwarming tale

A beautiful story

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Not all stories need the sharp edge of conflict to carve out a plot. Some, like this one, are simply warm stories about ordinary people.

"What about the good wolf?"

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