6/29/2023 0 Comments Robin swift babel![]() ![]() Robin is then taken in by Lovell, who eventually takes Robin to Britain to study linguistics at Oxford’s Royal Institute of Translation, also known as Babel. We follow Robin Swift, a boy from Canton, China who is saved from a deadly illness by Professor Lovell. The story takes place in the historic city of Oxford in the early 1800s. I decided that it would be my winter break read and ended up speeding through this book in two weeks because of the captivating story, characters, narratives and themes that it beautifully displays. ![]() As a big fan of their previous works, I picked up “Babel” not long after it hit the shelves and prepared myself to take on this 550-page read. Typically referred to as “Babel,” Kuang’s fourth book was released in August 2022. So naturally, here is my spoiler-free review of the New York Times Bestseller “Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution” by R.F. Not only did my book list grow exponentially because of this, but one book skyrocketed to the top of my list due to the amount of chatter it caused. With BookTok still booming on TikTok, creators spent the end of 2022 raving about their favorite reads of the year. ![]()
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