{"product_id":"babel-by-r-f-kuang","title":"BABEL by R.F. Kuang","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eInstant #1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eBestseller from the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Poppy War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003e“Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe City of Brass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eFrom award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003eBabel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003e, a thematic response to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003e and a tonal retort to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003eJonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr. Norrell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ethat grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eTraduttore, traditore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1828. 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’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBabel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor 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…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 0px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eCan powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 0px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--split--\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eProduct description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-base\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;padding:10px 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-row a-expander-container a-expander-extend-container\" style=\"width:1155px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"margin-bottom:22px;padding:6px 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eBLACKWELL’S BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘Absolutely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ephenomenal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e. One of the most brilliant,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e razor-sharp \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ebooks I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of THE EMPIRE OF GOLD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eriveting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003emonumental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e achievement’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSamantha Shannon, bestselling author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003emasterpiece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e. Through a meticulously researched and a wholly impressive deep dive into linguistics and the politics of language and translation, Kuang weaves a story that is part love-hate letter to academia, part scathing indictment of the colonial enterprise, and all fiery revolution’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRebecca Roanhorse, NYT bestselling author of BLACK SUN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘Kuang has outdone herself. BABEL is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e, vicious, sensitive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eepic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e, and intimate; it's both a love letter and a declaration of war. It's a perfect book’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAlix E. Harrow, bestselling author of A THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘A book that confirms Kuang as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003emajor talent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSFX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘Brainy, brilliant, and fuelled by righteous anger, Babel is a towering \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003etour-de-force\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e of fantasy’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘BABEL has earned tremendous praise and deserves all of it. It’s Philip Pullman’s THE GOLDEN COMPASS by way of N.K. Jemisin’s THE FIFTH SEASON: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003einventive and engaging, passionate and precise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 1px 18px;padding:0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarper Voyager (August 23, 2022)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e560 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0063021420\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0063021426\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.58 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 x 1.65 x 9 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CGA Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191610642517,"sku":"9780063021426","price":4290.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9642\/6581\/files\/1752.jpg?v=1772363882","url":"https:\/\/cgabooksonline.com\/products\/babel-by-r-f-kuang","provider":"CGA Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}