![]() ![]() With a dash of magic and dark academia, this epic story feels increasingly plausible as it grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire. But now I have! And I can confirm that Babel is a dense, absolute wonder of a novel (as the lengthy title suggests). get a fucking grip? Grow up? Read a book?) (Oh, wait.) And seeing as the sprawling historical fantasy novel explores how the power of language can uphold an empire’s colonialism and racism, or be responsible for its violent and deserved demise, I knew I had to get my hands on this book as soon as humanly possible.Īnd by that I mean I bought the book in September and didn’t actually get around to reading it until this month. I’ve spotted everything from five star-raves, to people saying it’s “mid” (the horror), to readers saying they couldn’t make it through the first half because of how “bad” it made them feel for “being white.” (To which I say. Kuang popping up and making headlines - and courting a bit of controversy - since its release in late August. ![]() If you’re active on bookstagram, keep an eye on Goodreads, scroll through booktok, or are even just a casual observer of buzzy titles in the literary world, you’ve likely seen Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. ![]()
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