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巴别塔

Babel

R. F. Kuang、Michel Pagel · 初版 2022 年

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为什么值得读

  • 以奇异精妙的奇幻手法重新审视东印度公司
  • 曾斩获英国图书奖虚构类奖项
  • 融入具有天生魔法才华的主角设定

屡获殊荣的作家 R. F. Kuang 带来了《Babel》,该书在主题上呼应了《The Secret History》,在基调上反击了《Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell》,直面学生革命、反殖民抵抗,以及语言和翻译作为大英帝国统治工具的议题。翻译即背叛(Traduttore, traditore):翻译行为始终是一种背叛行为。1828 年,在广州因霍乱沦为孤儿的 Robin Swift 被神秘的 Lovell 教授带到伦敦。在那里,他接受了长达数年的拉丁文、古希腊文和中文训练,这一切都是为了有朝一日进入 Oxford 做准备……

Hacker News 上怎么说

  • 我刚读完了匡灵秀(R.F. Kuang)的《巴别塔》(Babel),这是一本奇幻小说,以一种奇特而精彩的方式探讨了东印度公司(E.I.C.)。非常值得一读。

    I've just been reading Babel, by R.F.Kuang, a fantasy novel which explores the E.I.C. in a strange and wonderful way. Well worth reading.

  • 现在我想去读读那些被排除在外的书了,尤其是“匡灵秀的《巴别塔》——该书获得了2023年英国国家图书奖虚构类奖项”

    Now I want to read the books that were excluded especially “Kuang’s ‘Babel’ — which won the 2023 British Book Award for Fiction”

  • 我最近一直在读匡灵秀的《巴别塔》,读得特别过瘾。

    I’ve been reading Babel by R F Kuang and greatly enjoying it.

  • 这是匡灵秀新书《下冥界》(Katabasis)的书评。我好奇这里有没有匡灵秀的书迷能说服我再给她一次机会;我其实不太喜欢《巴别塔》,才看了20%就弃了。(尽管我是一个正在“康复”中的人文社科学者,去写代码上班时还会穿着暗黑学院风(dark academia)的粗花呢裙子。)就我记得的而言,书里的角色……

    This is a review of Katabasis, R.F. Kuang's new book. I wonder if there are any fans of Kuang here who can convince me to give her another go; I did not much like Babel, and only got 20% of the way into it. (This despite being a recovering humanities scholar who still wears dark-academiaish tweed skirts to her programming job.) From what I remember, the characters were…

  • 我家附近的一家书店正在搞非常给力的一月大促,于是我买了:娱乐类:《巴别塔》(Babel - An Arcane History,匡灵秀著)、菲利普·K·迪克的《流离失所的时间》(Time Out of Joint),外加我雷打不动重温的《银河系漫游指南》;非虚构类:《编码》(Code 第二版)、加博尔和丹尼尔合著的《正常的神话》(The Myth of Normal)……

    A book store near us has an amazing January sale, so: Entertainment: Babel - An Arcane History by RF Kuang, Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick, and my usual re-read of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Non-fiction: Code (second edition), The Myth of Normal by Gabor & Daniel…

  • 我觉得他们取消《巴别塔》的资格实在太讽刺了,考虑到这本书其实相当反帝国主义且亲华(虽然是中共建政前的时期)。他们讨厌匡灵秀无非就是因为她祖父曾跟中共作战过。

    I find it really ironic that they disqualified Babel considering that it was pretty anti-imperialistic and pro-China (though pre-CCP). They just hate Kuang because her grandfather fought against the CCP.

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