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03165aim a2200493 i 4500 001 9B2CB680A45911EDA94333522DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230204010026 006 m dq h 007 cs nzannnauuuu 007 sz zunznnnzneu 008 221025r2022uuuuohunnnnq f n eng d 020 $a 166965964X 020 $a 9781669659648 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Kuang, R. F. $q (Rebecca F.), $e author. 245 10 $a Babel : $b or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution / $c R.F. Kuang. 264 1 $a Solon, Ohio : $b Findaway World, LLC, $c [2022] 300 $a 1 audio media player (21:46:22) : $b digital, HD audio ; $c 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. 500 $a Title supplied by publisher. 500 $a Release date supplied by publisher. 500 $a Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. 500 $a One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. 500 $a Previously released by HarperCollins. 511 0 $a Read by Billie Fulford-Brown, Chris Lew Kum Hoi. 520 $a 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 Universitys 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 Empires 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 expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide ... Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? $c Provided by publisher. 521 $a Adult. 650 0 $a Translating and interpreting $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Magic $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Imperialism $x Moral and ethical aspects $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Anti-imperialist movements $v Fiction. 651 0 $a China $x Foreign relations $z Great Britain $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $z China $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Alternative histories (Fiction) $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Fulford-Brown, Billie, $e narrator. 700 1 $a Hoi, Chris Lew Kum, $e narrator. 710 2 $a Playaway Digital Audio, $e issuing body. 710 2 $a Findaway World, LLC., $e issuing body. 941 $a 2 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230414010108.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20230204010114.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9B2CB680A45911EDA94333522DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search