Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
Paperback Published on: 28/09/2023
£9.99
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Devastatingly Brilliant
Babel is a dark academia epic that takes us on a journey through displacement, friendship, and betrayal. This is an utterly captivating novel and a damning... READ MORE
Dark Academia at its best
Got an advanced reading copy of this, and was so excited to read it. Babel is a fantasy set in the British Empire of the 1800's. It is a great mix of fact ... READ MORE
Incredibly written!
RF Kuang writes the best characters. The depth of each of them astounds me. They were so incredibly real, I felt like I could relate to the characters so m... READ MORE
Synopsis
A new dark academic fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Poppy War.
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.
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780008501853
- Number of pages: 560
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 40 mm
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A very original and impressive piece of work. I enjoyed the second half more than the first and by the end I was very moved.
Dark Academia weaving history and language into an incredible read
At first, I thought this book might be heavily linked to religion - the story about the tower of Babel was for me always linked to the bible. Not anymore, ... READ MORE
Say goodbye to the person you were before because now you’re cultured
It was eye-opening, it was gripping, it was moving, it was many adjectives. Rebecca Kuang has a wonderful way of making you fall in love with the character... READ MORE
No words for a book crafted about the power of words
Honestly the most beautiful and tragic book I have read this year. So incredibly crafted and realistic in a way that left me questioning what is the true h... READ MORE
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Brilliant
This book is an amazing and well thought out novel with compelling themes and characters I adored. I couldn't put it down. I wish there was a little more o... READ MORE
BABEL by R F KUANG
Overall, this was a well thought out excursion into a what if scenario, an alternative Nineteenth Century where magic is real. However it is the most rasci... READ MORE
Never read anything quite like this!
A story where you fall for the characters, you feel the pain they have been and are going through. After seeing this on Tiktok I changed my from my usual c... READ MORE
Don't believe the hype
I should have known this wouldn't meet my expectations although I should say my expectations were slightly tempered just by how ubiquitous this still is. I... READ MORE
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