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| LC control number |
2022029641 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9798885783644 (hardcover : large print) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789798885785 |
| 029 1# - (OCLC) |
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AU@ |
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000072124641 |
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| OCLC library identifier |
AU@ |
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000074273894 |
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| OCLC library identifier |
AU@ |
| System control number |
000074222817 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1333085431 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
a-cc--- |
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e-uk--- |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMH |
| 050 10 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PS3611.U17 |
| Item number |
B33 2022 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Kua |
| Item number |
38 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
Kua |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kuang, R. F. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Babel |
| Remainder of title |
or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
R.F. Kuang. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Large print edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Waterville, Maine |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
953 pages (large print) |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, map ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"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 Oxford University's 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 Empire's 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?"-- |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
112752 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Translating and interpreting |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Magic |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Imperialism |
| General subdivision |
Moral and ethical aspects |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Anti-imperialist movements |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
China |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Large Print Fiction |