Babel : (Record no. 128177)

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015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number GBC2B4622
Source bnb
016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER
Record control number 020667512
Source Uk
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780063021426
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0063021420
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780008501815
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0008501815
Qualifying information (hardcover)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780008501839 (ePub ebook)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1322235897
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Original cataloging agency WC4
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency WC4
Modifying agency BDX
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-- UOK
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library UOKA
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813.6
Edition number 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number SCI-FIC KUANG 2022
999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
Koha Dewey Subclass [OBSOLETE] 03810634
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kuang, R. F.
Fuller form of name (Rebecca F.)
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 41035
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Babel :
Remainder of title or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution /
Statement of responsibility, etc R.F. Kuang.
246 14 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Babel :
Remainder of title an arcane history
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 544 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 24 cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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?"--Amazon.com.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Translating and interpreting
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 41036
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Magic
Form subdivision Fiction
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Imperialism
General subdivision Moral and ethical aspects
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 41037
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Anti-imperialist movements
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 41038
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name China
General subdivision Foreign relations
Geographic subdivision Great Britain
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 41039
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Great Britain
General subdivision Foreign relations
Geographic subdivision China
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 41040
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Alternative histories (Fiction)
Source of term lcgft
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Fantasy fiction
Source of term lcgft
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text ebook version :
International Standard Book Number 9780008501839
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  Available Dewey Decimal Classification     Martha's Vineyard High School Library Martha's Vineyard High School Library 03/07/2023   FIC KUA 39844500066791 03/07/2023 28.00 03/07/2023 Book