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Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around book club ideas, rather long, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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