Babel: The SUNDAY TIMES and #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER‘One for Philip Pullman fans’THE TIMES‘This one is an automatic buy’GLAMOUR‘Ambitious | sweeping and epic’EVENING STANDARD‘Razor-sharp’DAILY MAIL‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’GUARDIANTraduttore | 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 tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian | Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.Until it became a prison…But can a student stand against an empire?An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language | the violence of colonialism | and the sacrifices of resistance.'A masterpiece that resonates with power and knowledge. BABEL is a stark picture of the cruelty of empire | a distillation of dark academia | and a riveting blend of fantasy and historical fiction – a monumental achievement’Samantha Shannon | author of THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREER.F. Kuang’s book ‘Babel’ was a New York Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2022.R.F. Kuang's book 'Babel' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 02-10-2023.