Indochine: Babel Babel
Indochine: Babel Babel [Gatefold / 3 Vinyl LP]
Babel
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Babel
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War 'Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.' -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. 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
Babel
If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world's population. But what makes these languages stand out amid the world's estimated 6,500 tongues? Gaston Dorren delves deep into the ling...
Babel
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Babel
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War 'Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.' -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. 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
Babel
We are living in an open sea, caught up in a continuous wave, with no fixed point and no instrument to measure distance and the direction of travel. Nothing appears to be in its place any more, and a great deal appears to have no place at all. The...
Babel
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, tradito...
Babel
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' GUARDIAN Traduttore, 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 TREE R.F. Kuang's book 'Babel' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 11-09-2022.
Babel
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Babel
Instant #1New York TimesBestseller from the author of The Poppy War Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; ...
Babel
This innovative collection of essays shows how linguistic diversity has inspired people across time and cultures to embark on adventurous journeys through the translation of texts. It tells the story of how ideas have travelled via the medium of t...
Babel
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Babel-17
In the far future, after human civilization has spread through the galaxy, communications begin to arrive in an apparently alien language. They appear to threaten invasion, but in order to counter the threat, the messages must first be understood....
History's Babel
From the late nineteenth century until World War II, competing spheres of professional identity and practice redrew the field of history, establishing fundamental differences between the roles of university historians, archivists, staff at histori...
Babel-17
In the far future, after human civilization has spread through the galaxy, communications begin to arrive in an apparently alien language. They appear to threaten invasion, but in order to counter the threat, the messages must first be understood.
Blockchain Babel
WINNER: Independent Press Award 2020 - Technology Category Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. According to Santander, it could save financial institutions $15-20bn a year from 2022 onward. Most experts see an ...
Babel Tower
After her husband becomes violent, Frederica Potter flees with her young son to London. There, she secures a teaching position in an art school, and finds herself surrounded by painters and poets with dreams of rebellion. Then Frederica meets Jude...
Cinema Babel
The original foreign film-its sights and sounds-is available to all, but the viewer is utterly dependent on a translator and an untold number of technicians who produce the graphic text or disconnected speech through which we must approach the for...
Babel Message
'Quite simply, and quite ridiculously, one of the funniest and most illuminating books I have ever read. I thought I was obsessive, but Keith Kahn-Harris is playing a very different sport. He really has discovered the whole world in an egg.' Simon...
After Babel
`Translation has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task.' Sunday Times First published in 1975, After Babel constituted the first systematic investigation of the theory and processe...
BABEL EA
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, tradito...
Babel, Ljudbok
Vuosi 1828. Robin Swift on Kiinasta kotoisin oleva orpopoika, joka on kasvanut salaperäisen tohtori Lovellin luona Lontoossa. Tämän hoteissa hän on vuosia opiskellut latinaa, muinaiskreikkaa ja kiinaa päästäkseen Oxfordin maineikkaaseen Kuninkaalliseen Kieli akatemiaan – joka tunnetaan myös nimellä Babel. Babelissa valmistetaan myös hopeaa, jonka maaginen mahti yhdistettynä kääntämisen voimaan on tehnyt Britanniasta imperiumin vailla vertaansa. Robinille Oxford on unelmien täyttymys, jossa ainutlaatuinen tiedon ja vallan yhdistyminen tuottaa kuitenkin ristiriitoja: Britanniassa kasvaneelle kiinalaispojalle työskentely Babelissa tarkoittaa esi-isien pettämistä. Samalla taistelu hopeasta tuo mukanaan vaikeita kysymyksiä. Voiko instituutioita muuttaa sisältä käsin vai vaatiiko vallankumous aina väkivaltaa? Kuangin romaani yhdistää kiehtovan tarinan, akateemisen kirjoittamisen jäljittelyn sekä kielellisen ja etymologisen rikkauden ennennäkemättömällä tavalla. Kansainvälinen bestseller ilmestyy suomeksi Helene Bützowin loistavana käännöksenä.
Scientific Babel
Today, the language of science is English. But the dominance of this particular language is a relatively recent phenomenon - and far from a foregone conclusion. In a sweeping history that takes us from antiquity to the modern day, Michael D. Gordi...
Governing Babel
Governing Babel
Cos: Babel
Cos: Babel [Vinyl LP]
Balkan Babel
The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a new chapter, a new epilogue, and revisions throughout the book. Sabrina Ramet, a veteran observer of the Yugoslav scene, traces the steady deterioration of Yugoslavia's political and ...
Fabel
Varje liv är en berättelse. I Fabel låter Charles Yu en man skildra sin svåra livssituation genom den klassiska sagoformen, och i en skicklig väv av metaforer tonar ett tragiskt livsöde fram. Det är underfundigt och gripande och får oss att ...
Bibel
Gustavssons tionde bok och kanske hans främsta. Här måste allting omprövas på nytt, ord prövas eller förses med giltiga referenser, men "livet läcker oavbrutet, kvar i efterdroppet är förnuftet". "Krister Gustavsson namnger tingen m...
