{"id":4126,"date":"2024-09-10T02:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T02:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/babel-or-the-necessity-of-violence-an-arcane-history-of-the-oxford-translators-revolution\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T02:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T02:18:44","slug":"babel-or-the-necessity-of-violence-an-arcane-history-of-the-oxford-translators-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/babel-or-the-necessity-of-violence-an-arcane-history-of-the-oxford-translators-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators&#8217; Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\">$0.00<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Sep 10, 2024 02:18:45 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/B09MV827NK?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.<\/p>\n<p>Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019ll enroll in Oxford University\u2019s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation\u2014also known as Babel.<\/p>\n<p>Babel is the world&#8217;s center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working\u2014the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars\u2014has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire\u2019s quest for colonization.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?<\/p>\n<p>Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-medium\">\n<h3 class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers find the book interesting, compelling, and a page-turner. They describe the story as wonderful, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Readers praise the writing quality as wonderful and gifted. 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