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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (Compact Disc)
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A literary marvel about translation, colonization, and revolution. Kuang’s profound and exacting prose—as well as her mind-blowing magic system based on the power and pitfalls of translation—had me in its clutches for two weeks straight as I read it exclusively on the bus to and from work. This book is absolutely unforgettable, and I can’t wait for people to read it so we can discuss.
— JoannaSeptember 2022 Indie Next List
“Finishing a book like this is equal parts pleasure and pain: pleasure in reading something so striking and beautiful juxtaposed by the pain of it ending. Few books have brought tears to my eyes; Kuang’s Babel is now numbered among them.”
— Maxwell Leaning, Paragraphs Bookstore, Mount Vernon, OH