PDF [DOWNLOAD] Babel: Or the Necessity of

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang

• Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
• R. F. Kuang
• Page: 560
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9780063275126
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Download eBook

Ebook downloads forum Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution 9780063275126 (English literature)

Overview

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? 

Download more ebooks: {epub download} The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon site, [Kindle] LOS MUROS INVISIBLES descargar gratis site, LA LEY DEL ESPEJO (DELUXE) leer pdf download link, [PDF/Kindle] La muerte contada por un sapiens a un neandertal / Death as Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan José Millás, Juan Luis Arsuaga pdf, How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World by Deb Chachra on Audiobook New site, OH, JERUSALEN EBOOK | DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE, LARRY COLLINS | Descargar libro PDF EPUB site, [Descargar pdf] HARRY POTTER Y LA CAMARA SECRETA pdf, EL VIAJE INTIMO DE LA LOCURA leer el libro download link, Descargar [PDF] {EPUB} LA SABIDURIA DE LAS EMOCIONES: ENTRENAMIENTO EN CONSCIENCIA CREAT IVA read pdf, PATOLOGÍA Y TERAPÉUTICA DENTAL: OPERATORIA DENTAL Y ENDODONCIA leer el libro download pdf,