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092			_aSCI-FIC KUANG 2022
100	1		_aKuang, R. F. _q(Rebecca F.) _eauthor. _941035
245	1	0	_aBabel : _bor the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution / _cR.F. Kuang.
246	1	4	_aBabel : _ban arcane history
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_axii, 544 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
520			_a"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	_aTranslating and interpreting _vFiction. _941036
650		0	_aMagic _vFiction
650		0	_aImperialism _xMoral and ethical aspects _vFiction. _941037
650		0	_aAnti-imperialist movements _vFiction. _941038
651		0	_aChina _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain _vFiction. _941039
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zChina _vFiction. _941040
655		7	_aAlternative histories (Fiction) _2lcgft
655		7	_aFantasy fiction _2lcgft
776	0	8	_iebook version : _z9780008501839
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