5/18/2023 0 Comments Babel oxfordHe still wanted to be a part of it – because it felt so good to be a part of it, to speak to its professors as an intellectual equal, to be in on the great game.Īfter his family dies from disease, Robin is brought from Canton to Britain and raised by an Oxford professor to be a translator. From the language geekery, to the brutal takedown of British colonialism and the fact that I kept being pulled back to it whenever I put it down, it completely lived up to the hype for me. From the first chapter on, I absolutely loved it. Even if it seemed almost tailor-made for me. I’ve been disappointed by so many highly anticipated books with amazing premises this year that it made me a little wary of starting another.
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