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Babel - R.F. Kuang - 2022
Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
By: R.F. Kuang
Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 21 hrs and 45 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-01-22
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Urban Fantasy,
Language: English
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
Note: Includes the accompanying supplemental enhancement (pdf)
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
Oxford, 1836.
The city of dreaming spires.
It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.
And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.
Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.
Until it became a prison…
But can a student stand against an empire?
An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.
©2022 R.F. Kuang (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Critic Reviews
"Kuang has crafted a masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. Babel is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a monumental achievement, from the footnotes to the final page." (Samantha Shannon, author of Priory of The Orange Tree)
"Ambitious, sweeping and epic." (Evening Standard)
"An ingenious fantasy about empire’." (Guardian)
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