✨Sách - Babel Or the Necessity of Violence : An Arcane History of the Oxford Trans by R. F. Kuang (UK edition, Paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9780008501853 Condition: Brandnew Binding: Paperback Pages: 560 Dimensons: 198 x 129 x 35 | 270 (gram) ---------------------------------------- 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'GUARDIANTraduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of d, city of dreaming is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire ned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin 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 TREER.F. Kuang's book 'Babel' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2022.