babel

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Kuang is beloved for her historical fantasy novels: the “Poppy War” trilogy, inspired by China’s Opium Wars, and “Babel,” a critique of colonialism set in an alternate-universe Oxford.

From Seattle Times

Her fourth novel, "Babel: An Arcane History" drew upon her love of language, literature and academic settings.

From Salon

She has already published four fantasy novels infused with Chinese history and profound questions about colonial legacies, including the “Poppy War” trilogy and last year’s bestseller, “Babel, or the Necessity of Violence.”

From Los Angeles Times

The experience inspired her fourth novel, “Babel,” a historical fantasy set in mid-1800s Oxford, about a powerful group of translators who can wield language like a magic spell.

From New York Times

It was important for me to make this scene that looks like the Tower of Babel in which people talk a lot, but don't communicate.

From Salon