{"product_id":"babel-or-the-necessity-of-violence-an-arcane-history-of-the-oxford-translators-revolution-2","title":"Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\nTHE #2 \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e AND #1 \u003cem\u003eNYT\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘One for Philip Pullman fans’\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘This one is an automatic buy’\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘Razor-sharp’\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach now' \u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eTHE HERALD\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTraduttore, traditore\u003c\/em\u003e: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e             \u003cstrong\u003eOxford, 1836.\u003c\/strong\u003e           \u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eThe city of dreaming spires.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eIt is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003eAnd at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. 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