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would have gathered dust in the corner of a room - or worse

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considering its aesthetic processes and procedures

their labour and their communal bonds

a metaphysical tradition assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang Groundswell Speaker 2024 would have gathered dust inTraduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison But can a student