About this product
Cover TypePaperback
Number of Pages560 Pages
ISBN/ISSN9780008501853
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperVoyager; Heruitgave edition
Year2023
Product description
Babel: The SUNDAY TIMES and #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Paperback – 28 Sept. 2023
Publisher: HarperVoyager; Heruitgave edition (28 Sept. 2023)
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER
‘One for Philip Pullman fans’
‘This one is an automatic buy’
‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’
‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
The city of dreaming spires.
It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.
And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.
Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.
Until it became a prison…
But can a student stand against an empire?
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.
'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’