Babel : Or the Necessity of Violence

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER <p> ‘One for Philip Pullman fans’ </p> <p> THE TIMES </p> <p> ‘This one is an automatic buy’ </p> <p> GLAMOUR </p> <p> ‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’ </p> <p> EVENING STANDARD </p> <p> ‘Razor-sharp’ </p> <p> DAILY MAIL </p> <p> ‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’ </p> <p> GUARDIAN </p> <p> 'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach now' </p> <p> THE HERALD </p> <p> Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. </p> <p> Oxford, 1836. </p> <p>The city of dreaming spires.</p> <p>It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.</p> <p>And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.</p> <p>Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.</p> <p>Until it became a prison...</p> <p>But can a student stand against an empire?</p> <p> 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. </p> <p> '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’ </p> <p> Samantha Shannon, author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE </p> <p>R.F. Kuang’s book ‘Babel’ was a New York Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2022.</p>