Babel, or the Necessity of Violence

Arthur C. Clarke Award · 2023 · ShortlistLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel · 2023 · WinnerLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel · 2022 · Shortlist

Harper VoyagerAugust 23, 2022sff historical-fictionISBN 9780063021426

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Arthur C. Clarke Award	2023	Shortlist
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	2023	Winner	“R.F. Kuang's Oxford translation fantasy won for its bravura blend of history and magic, its searing critique of colonialism, and the moral clarity with which it addressed the question its title poses.”
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	2022	Shortlist

About This Book

In alternate 1830s Oxford, the Royal Institute of Translation—Babel—powers the British Empire through silver-work magic. A Chinese student must choose between the institute that raised him and the revolution of the oppressed.

About the Author

R. F. KuangUS

R.F. Kuang is an American-Chinese fantasy author known for the Poppy War trilogy and the standalone novel Babel. She won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Babel, or the Necessity of Violence (2023), which also won the Nebula Award. Read more →

Babel, or the Necessity of Violence

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