00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Kuang, R. F. aut Verfasser/-in magic colonialism linguistics speculative fiction Coming of Age Alternate History Oxford Translationstheorie Babel or The Necessity of Violence R.F. Kuang New York Harper Voyager 2022 1828. 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. 9780063021426 9780063021426 0063021420 0063021420 eng 544 S.