Babel : (Record no. 30988)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 22892422 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | EG-ScBUE |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250514094812.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 221206t2022 nyu f 000 1 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780008501853 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| -- | EG-ScBUE |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 813.6 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| Item number | KUA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kuang, R. F. |
| Fuller form of name | (Rebecca F.), |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| 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. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Necessity of violence |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Harper, Voyager |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | [2022] |
| 264 #4 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 544 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Media type code | n |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Carrier type code | nc |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| 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?"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | English fiction |
| Chronological subdivision | 21th century. |
| Source of heading or term | BUEsh |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Arrived date list | May2025 |
| Resource For college | Humanities: English |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Form subdivision | Reading book |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book - Borrowing |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Serial Enumeration / chronology | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Baccah | Central Library | Central Library | Second Floor | 14/05/2025 | Purchase | 1009.00 | 39241 | 3 | 11 | 813.6 KUA | 000057367 | 10/03/2026 | 16/02/2026 | 1261.25 | 14/05/2025 | Book - Borrowing |