Name: Babel - R.F. Kuang
Brand: R.F. Kuang
Price: 53.95 RON
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• Blackwell's Book of the Year n • British Book Award Fiction Book of the Year n • Daily Mail Best Book of 2022 n n 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? n n 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. n n Ambitious, sweeping and epic. - Evening Standard n n 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. - S.A. Chakraborty, bestselling author of The Empire of Gold n n A brilliant and often harrowing exploration of violence, etymology, colonialism, and the intersections that run between them. Babel is as profound as it is moving. - Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching n R.F. Kuang has written a masterpiece. Through a meticulously researched and a wholly impressive deep dive into linguistics and the politics of language and translation, Kuang weaves a story that is part