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Babel

Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution

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Babel

De : R. F. Kuang
Lu par : Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown
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THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER

‘One for Philip Pullman fans’
THE TIMES

‘This one is an automatic buy’
GLAMOUR

‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’
EVENING STANDARD

‘Razor-sharp’
DAILY MAIL

‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’
GUARDIAN

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

Oxford, 1836.

The city of dreaming spires.

It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.

And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.

Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.

Until it became a prison…

But can a student stand against an empire?

An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.

'A masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. BABEL is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a monumental achievement’

Samantha Shannon, author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE

Delve into the heart of an alternative UK, where Babel reigns as a top entry among gaslamp fantasy books. It's a great, bestselling read, peppered with the essence of urban exploration and thrilling action, an adventure that will leave you breathless and wanting more. For fans of Rebecca Yarros (Iron Flame), Leigh Bardungo (Six of Crows), Brandon Sanderson (The Way of Kings) and Olivie Blake (The Atlas Six) and Samantha Shannon (The Priory of the Orange Tree).

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©2022 R.F. Kuang (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Fantasy Historique Urbain Urbain et paranormal
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    "Kuang has crafted a masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. Babel is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a monumental achievement, from the footnotes to the final page." (Samantha Shannon, author of Priory of The Orange Tree)

    "Ambitious, sweeping and epic." (Evening Standard)

    "An ingenious fantasy about empire’." (Guardian)
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    I loved the reasoning of the author, the long thinking about strategy, the aura of "something is about to happen" from the very beginning.
    All the characters were well described and the four parenthesis about their own private life and thoughts made the complexity of the book more interesting.

    I also loved how this audiobook was read. I think if wouldn't have been the same if I had only read it because listening to it added an intensity I was not prepared at all for.
    It was my first book of this author and certainly not the last.

    Powerful, intense and incredibly sad

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    I loved this book so much! I studied translation myself and this book with all it's translation theories made my scholarly heart beat faster. Then things started happening in the story which made heart beat faster. it was exciting, moving, thought provoking, heart breaking. In short, you need to read this book. Or listen to it because the narration was really well done. I highly recommend this audiobook!

    For all lovers of languages

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    Amazing idea leading to a unique magic system and setting. The themes are very interesting and while it sometime can feel the author pushes one view I think there are enough elements to counter balance it and feed your own internal debates.

    Great book

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    La seul chose que j'ai à dire ce serait d'améliorer le français, de faire comme la voix chinoise pour le français, par ce que en tant que française je comprend pas quand Victoire ou Leti parle français à cause de l'accent anglais mélanger sinon c'était une super expérience d'écoute !!

    L'histoire est tellement bien faite et le changement de voix pour les fun fact était hyper agréable !

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