Babel

by: R.F. Kuang

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Babel

By: R.F. Kuang

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Category - Fiction / Fantasy

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Like New

Listed - 4 months ago

Views - 13

Ships From - Delaware

Est. Publication Date - Aug 2022

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Overview

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Publisher Description

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 resis...

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PangoBooks readers are generally captivated by this novel, which successfully blends elements of dark academia, historical fiction, and fantasy. They appreciate the intricately detailed world, the compelling characters, and the exploration of themes such as colonialism, racism, and the power of lang...

Pamela M

275 book reviews

Jul 15, 2023

There are so many good things to say about this novel. It's a wonderfully executed marriage of historical fiction, fantasy and dark academia. Interesting etymological and historical lessons are strategically interspersed throughout the novel via footnotes. The plot and the message are solid; the cha...

Lindsay Sings

25 book reviews

Jul 28, 2023

This book was brilliant and beautiful and I am in absolute awe of what I have read. Words that I compose here are not worthy of what R.F. Kuang has poured into this book. If you read this and you're not moved, and you're not mad, and your emotions do not overtake you, then I don't think we read the ...