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Barcode37821002484406
LocationMarshall District
TitleBabel : or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution / R.F. Kuang.
AuthorKuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.), author.
Call NoFIC KUA
CollectionAdult Fiction

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International Standard Book Number 9780063021426
International Standard Book Number 0063021420
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813
Personal Name Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.), author.
Title Statement Babel : or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution / R.F. Kuang.
Varying Form of Title Necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution.
Varying Form of Title Arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution.
Varying Form of Title Babel : an arcane history.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Harper Voyager 2022
Physical Description xii, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary, Etc. "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?" --publisher's website.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Magic Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fantasy fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Alternative histories (Fiction)
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Translating and interpreting Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Imperialism Moral and ethical aspects Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Anti-imperialist movements Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term London (England) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Great Britain Foreign relations China Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term China Foreign relations Great Britain Fiction.