Babel - An Arcane History Book Box | Dark Academia Book | Fantasy Book | Mystery Book store Box | Dark academia aesthetic

Babel, By R.F. Kuang

*THIS IS A PRE-ORDER item* - a label will be created but the item starts shipping on November 15th. STOCK IS LIMITED.

And we are in full Dark Academia season, and nothing better than a fantasy book with secret societies in 1830 Oxford, the most brilliant translation students navigating the complex life in the most prestigious language institute: Babel! It was such an amazing experience for me and I think it's just a perfect fall reading.

For those who are new to the shop, our Book Trove is an immersive experience in which you have one fantasy book and 5 mystery items that you open when you reach a specific page of the book. The item store will be related to something that is happening at that scene and it can be a stationary, bath/body product, decoration piece.. it is all designed to be related to a scene in the book and very USEFUL.

Babel is an Adult fantasy book with all the dark academia vibes. It's a perfect gift for book lovers and avid readers!

Quick hint, most of the items of the Babel Book Box will have some moody themes.


*Item Details:*

Book: Hardcover copy of Babel by RF Kuang

Genre: Adult Fantasy

You will receive:

- A hardcover copy of the Defy the Night

- A Trove Guide

- Library card and Pocket to start your own Book Trove Collection

- 5 mystery items that will match an object in the book, a place or a scent described in a scene.

*Synopsis*

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 of translation and, more importantly, of silver-working: the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation through enchanted silver bars, to magical effect. Silver-working has made the British Empire unparalleled in power, and Babel's research in foreign languages serves the Empire's quest to colonize everything it encounters.

Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, is a fairytale for Robin; a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge serves power, and for Robin, a Chinese boy raised in Britain, serving Babel inevitably means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to sabotaging the silver-working that supports 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? What is he willing to sacrifice to bring Babel down?

Babel — a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal response to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell — grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of translation as a tool of empire.


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