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might not be the book you think it is, but it might be the book you need

Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang

December 30, 2022 by wicherwill 4 Comments

Man oh man do people dislike this book! And when they do, they seem to dislike it for all sorts of suspicious reasons. Oh, white/western person, do you think the main characters in this book, the majority of whom are from colonies, spend a little bit too much time griping about the evils of the British colonial empire? Well then, boy do I have some news that’s going to REALLY disturb you about non-fictional humans in the real world who were once subjugated by the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: all the isms, colonialism, R.F. Kuang, Racism

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:167 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: all the isms, colonialism, R.F. Kuang, Racism ·
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