{"product_id":"9780008501815","title":"Babel : Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Kuang, R.F. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/09\/2022,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 560 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008501815,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘One for Philip Pullman fans’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘This one is an automatic buy’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Razor-sharp’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Oxford, 1836.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The city of dreaming spires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Until it became a prison…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But can a student stand against an empire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. BABEL is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire, a distillation of dark academia, and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a monumental achievement’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Samantha Shannon, author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  R.F. Kuang’s book ‘Babel’ was a New York Times bestseller w\/c 11-09-2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40074572464172,"sku":"9780008501815","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008501815.jpg?v=1759665096","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008501815","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}