![]() of the early 21stĢ0:26 – Refections on revolution and revolutionariesĢ5:48 – Silver working: the magic system in Babel and its relation to languageģ0:37 – Issues with translation theory presented in the bookģ8:04 – How Rebecca’s background in debate influenced her writing styleĤ5:03 – Rebecca's forthcoming novel YellowfaceĪ transcript of this podcast will be available soon at. ![]() It’s a novel about the industrial revolution, labor activism, revolution, and - surprisingly - language, etymology, and translation.Ģ:28 – On Rebecca's own connections to China and her anxieties about losing the Chinese languageĨ:27 – What historical insights Rebecca hoped her readers would take away from Babelġ4:37 – Parallels between the U.K. Kuang), the author of the best-selling historical fantasy novel Babel. Set in the 1830s in England, the novel’s Chinese-born protagonist sets out to prevent a war with China over the opium trade. This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Rebecca Kuang (who writes under the name R.F. ![]()
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