Babel

Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

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Azal gogorra, 560 orrialde

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2022ko abu. 23a(e)an Harper Voyager, HarperCollins(e)n argitaratua.

ISBN:
978-0-06-302142-6
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5 izar (6 berrikuspen)

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

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Oxford

4 izar

Me ha gustado mucho. Creo que es una historia juvenil que te sumerge de manera muy adecuada en los tentáculos del colonialismo, de cómo la ceguera en lo evidente maneja nuestro día a día y las justificaciones más burdas acaban saliendo a la luz por le miedo al enfrentamiento. No obstante, he de decir que me ha faltado que los personajes estén mejor construidos, que lleguemos a conocerlos mejor. Parece que lo único que guía su existencia, más allá del protagonista, es su relación con este. Por eso no le pongo las cinco estrellas.

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Antikolonialismo magikoa

5 izar

XIX. mendearen hasieran txinatar gazte bat umezurtz geratzen da eta babesle misteriotsu batek Ingalaterrara eramaten du, inperioaren bihotzera. Inperio hori gure mundukoaren antzekoa da, baina fantasia puntu batekin.

Zehaztuko ez dizkizuedan arrazoiengatik hizkuntzalaritzak garrantzi handia du liburuan eta agertzen den magia sistema oso erakargarria iruditu zait.

Inperialismo britainiarraren kritika zorrotza egiten du Rebecca F. Kuang-ek liburukote honetan. Ia 550 orri dituen arren ondo eusten dio istorioaren tentsioari. Idazlearen beste lan batzuek ere itxura bikaina dute, esaterako "Opioaren gerra" trilogiak. eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_F._Kuang

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Great themes, good characters, and thoughtful writing

Baloraziorik ez

What first struck me was how this book used a smidge of magic to allow certain aspects of themes to be easier to comprehend. The writing does something with themes where it makes them recognizable and able to be investigated in more profound ways by shearing off the sides, so to speak. Yet while I noticed this up front, I was surprised how deep the book went as it reached its zenith and turned toward a conclusion. There were comments about colonialism and empire that I recognized, but the way they were delved into thanks to the aforementioned tactic struck me more deeply than I could have expected. The characters, despite being somewhat symbolic in their deployment, also grew on me immensely. It made me think, and it made my eyes tear up a few times. And that's without mentioning all the fun translation, history, and cultural movement details the …

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Amazing

5 izar

A truly amazing book. The voice is powerful, the vibe immaculate. I hate to compare a wonderful work of fantasy to Harry Potter, but it scratches an itch to have a British magical school story that is so well written. Also of note is the way she writes the main characters friendships, it is the most wholesome display of platonic devotion I've ever read. Between that and her descriptions of life on campus I feel like I lived the life of an academic, and experienced things second hand that I've never gotten the chance to before.

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spoiler-free vague review + CWs for this book

5 izar

A long, heavy, beautifully written and very biting book about the ways in which colonialism coopts people and institutions, and the simultaneous difficulty and necessity of resisting that. Deeply and cleverly tied in with real 19th Century history of Britain and its empire, while also being a fantasy story with a very specific magic system that I enjoyed in itself.

I highly recommend this book, but it should also come with some content warnings: * Colonialism * Lots of depictions of racism * Abusive parenting * Abusive academia * Violence * Not afraid to kill important characters

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  • History
  • Chinese
  • Fiction
  • University of Oxford
  • Imperialism
  • Magic