Norrell - grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide: Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? What is he willing to sacrifice to bring Babel down?īabel - a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. As his studies progress Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to sabotaging the silver-working that supports imperial expansion. But knowledge serves power, and for Robin, a Chinese boy raised in Britain, serving Babel inevitably means betraying his motherland. Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, is a fairytale for Robin a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. Silver-working has made the British Empire unparalleled in power, and Babel’s research in foreign languages serves the Empire’s quest to colonize everything it encounters. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.īabel is the world’s center of translation and, more importantly, of silver-working: the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation through enchanted silver bars, to magical effect. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation - also known as Babel. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. Please meet the cohort: Robin, Victoire, Ramiz, and Letitia. Urn:oclc:671736771 Republisher_date 20120817140910 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120815223254 Scanner wait is over! I can now share that my fourth novel, Babel, is out August 2022 from Harper Voyager. Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st Signet printing. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:07:39 Boxid IA1399402 Boxid_2 CH120121030-BL1 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, N.Y.
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