Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution (Babel, #1)

by R.F. Kuang

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Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

Oxford, 1836.

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...

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  • ISBN13 9780008501815
  • Publish Date 1 September 2022 (first published 23 August 2022)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint HarperVoyager