Babel (Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution)

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From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesĀ Babel, a thematic response toĀ The Secret HistoryĀ and a tonal retort toĀ Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellĀ that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day heā€™ll enroll in Oxford Universityā€™s prestigious Royal Institute of Translationā€”also known as Babel.

Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver workingā€”the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver barsā€”has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empireā€™s quest for colonization.

For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decideā€¦

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?Ā 


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Author:
R. F. Kuang
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560
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HarperCollins (August 23, 2022)
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English
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9780063021426
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0063021420
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24.48oz
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6" x 9"
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