Babel, or, The necessity of violence: an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War
“Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 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 he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel.
Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’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 decide…
Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?
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Anti-imperialist movements -- Fiction
Babel, Tower of
Babel, Tower of -- Fiction
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China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Chinese
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Foreign relations
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Imperialism
Imperialism -- Fiction
Imperialism -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction
Magic
Magic -- Fiction
Moral and ethical aspects
Orphans
Orphans -- Fiction
Oxford (England) -- Fiction
Secret societies
Secret societies -- Fiction
Translating and interpreting
Translating and interpreting -- Fiction
University of Oxford -- Fiction
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Grouping Title | babel or the necessity of violence an arcane history of the oxford translators revolution |
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Cable Forest Lodge Library
Eagle River Olson Library
Hayward Weiss Community Library
Sayner Plum Lake Library
Superior Main Library
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Anti-imperialist movements -- Fiction
Babel, Tower of -- Fiction
Campus fiction
China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Chinese -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Fiction
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Imperialism -- Fiction
Imperialism -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction
Magic -- Fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
Oxford (England) -- Fiction
Secret societies -- Fiction
Translating and interpreting -- Fiction
University of Oxford -- Fiction
Babel, Tower of
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Foreign relations
History
Imperialism
Magic
Moral and ethical aspects
Orphans
Secret societies
Translating and interpreting
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