Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
by R. F. Kuang
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution explores translation, scholarship, institutional power, and revolution through a fantastical historical lens. R. F. Kuang’s novel brings Oxford’s translators to the center of a story about language, upheaval, and the necessity of violence.
About This Book
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence presents an arcane history centered on Oxford translators and their revolutionary cause.
Language, scholarship, and institutional power stand at the heart of this work.
Its title points toward a story concerned with translation, upheaval, and the difficult relationship between ideals and violence.
Written by R. F. Kuang, the novel combines a scholarly setting with fantastical and historical elements.
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