5/21/2023 0 Comments Babel rf kuang![]() ![]() 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. There are passages upon passages that resonated with me that I know I’m going to want to remember for the rest of my life. ![]() 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.īabel is the world’s center for translation and, more importantly, magic. I haven’t annotated a book since college, but I found myself using Kindle’s highlight feature nonstop. ![]() Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.ġ828. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. 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 City of Brassįrom award-winning author R. ![]()
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