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Babel: Or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (B&N Speculative Fiction Book Award Winner)

By R. F. Kuang
Unabridged — 21 hours, 46 minutes
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By R. F. Kuang
Unabridged — 21 hours, 46 minutes
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Listen to R. F. Kuang in conversation about Babel on Poured Over: The B&N Podcast.

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesBabel, a thematic response toThe Secret Historyand a tonal retort toJonathan Strange & Mr. Norrellthat 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...