Babel : or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution

By:

Kuang, R. F

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Harper Voyager 2022 LondonDescription: 546 pISBN:

9780063356085

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

813.6 KUA

Summary: This book is an interrogative and brilliant alternative fantastical history that explores colonial history and the Industrial Revolution. The book follows Robin Swift, a Chinese boy orphaned by cholera, who trains in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese at Oxford University's Royal Institute of Translation (Babel). Babel is the world's center for translation and magic, and its knowledge serves the British Empire's quest for colonization. Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. As Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide whether powerful institutions can be changed from within or if revolution always requires violence.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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This book is an interrogative and brilliant alternative fantastical history that explores colonial history and the Industrial Revolution. The book follows Robin Swift, a Chinese boy orphaned by cholera, who trains in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese at Oxford University's Royal Institute of Translation (Babel). Babel is the world's center for translation and magic, and its knowledge serves the British Empire's quest for colonization. Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. As Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide whether powerful institutions can be changed from within or if revolution always requires violence.

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