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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.).     Subjects     Translating and interpreting -- Fiction.     Magic -- Fiction.     Imperialism -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction.     Anti-imperialist movements -- Fiction.     Nebula Award.     China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Fiction.     Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.).       by title:      Babel : or the neces...       by call number:      LP FICTION KUA     Search the Web     Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.).     Translating and interpreting -- Fiction.     Magic -- Fiction.     Imperialism -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction.     Anti-imperialist movements -- Fiction.     Nebula Award.     China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Fiction.     Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Babel : or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution / R.F. Kuang. by Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.). Thorndike Press, 2022. Call #: LP FICTION KUA Subjects Translating and interpreting -- Fiction.   Magic -- Fiction.   Imperialism -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction.   Anti-imperialist movements -- Fiction.   Nebula Award.   China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Fiction.   Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China -- Fiction. ISBN:  9798885783644 (large print hc.) Alternate title:  Babel : an arcane history Description:  951 p. (large print) : maps ; 23 cm. Summary:  "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?"--Amazon.com. Awards:  Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, 2023. Genre:  Alternative histories (Fiction) Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Large Print Fiction LP FICTION KUA Adult books Checked out Jul 16, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Large Print Fiction LP FICTION KUA Adult books Checked out Jul 16, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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