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SUMMARY:SciFi & Fantasy Book Club
DESCRIPTION:This month the SciFi & Fantasy Book Club will read R.F> Kuang
 's acclaimed novel Babel. Copies are available in a variety of formats f
 rom the library.\n\nFrom the publisher:\n\nFrom award-winning author R. 
 F. Kuang comes Babel\, a thematic response to The Secret History and a t
 onal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student
  revolutions\, colonial resistance\, and the use of language and transla
 tion as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore\, traditor
 e: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift
 \, orphaned by cholera in Canton\, is brought to London by the mysteriou
 s Professor Lovell. There\, he trains for years in Latin\, Ancient Greek
 \, and Chinese\, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford U
 niversity's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation--also known as Ba
 bel. Babel is the world's center for translation and\, more importantly\
 , magic. Silver working--the art of manifesting the meaning lost in tran
 slation using enchanted silver bars--has made the British unparalleled i
 n power\, as its knowledge serves the Empire's quest for colonization. F
 or 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 pr
 ogress\, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes
  Society\, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. Whe
 n Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium\, Robin
  must decide ... Can powerful institutions be changed from within\, or d
 oes revolution always require violence?\n\nSource: Durham County Library
 \nhttps://durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/17390457
LOCATION:Innovation Lab\, Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)\, Innovation L
 ab\, Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)
URL:https://durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/17390457
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