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>