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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’

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‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’

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‘Razor-sharp’

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‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’

GUARDIAN

'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach now'

THE HERALD

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).

©2022 R.F. Kuang Action et aventure Fantasy Historique Urbain Urbain et paranormal
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BLACKWELL’S BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST
DAILY MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022
‘Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out’
Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of THE EMPIRE OF GOLD
‘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, bestselling author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
‘A masterpiece. Through a meticulously researched and a wholly impressive deep dive into linguistics and the politics of language and translation, Kuang weaves a story that is part love-hate letter to academia, part scathing indictment of the colonial enterprise, and all fiery revolution’
Rebecca Roanhorse, NYT bestselling author of BLACK SUN
‘Kuang has outdone herself. BABEL is brilliant, vicious, sensitive, epic, and intimate; it's both a love letter and a declaration of war. It's a perfect book’
Alix E. Harrow, bestselling author of A THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY
‘A book that confirms Kuang as a major talent’
SFX
‘Brainy, brilliant, and fuelled by righteous anger, Babel is a towering tour-de-force of fantasy’
DAILY MAIL
‘BABEL has earned tremendous praise and deserves all of it. It’s Philip Pullman’s THE GOLDEN COMPASS by way of N.K. Jemisin’s THE FIFTH SEASON: inventive and engaging, passionate and precise’
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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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maybe I was expecting something more exciting, based on how much praises this book as online but I took me so long to finish it. until the very end I was hoping for something to happen, to make it more interesting or... disappointed overall. not bad but probably too much info to digest.

more boring than I expected

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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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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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