R. F. Kuang

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On this week’s episode we have the amazing R. F. Kuang, the author of the much loved and lauded Poppy War Trilogy. Rebecca is a Marshall Scholar, translator, and has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford and is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale. Rebecca’s new novel, Babel, was published on 1st of September. It is both an exciting edition and challenge to the genre of the Oxford novel, a riveting story, a reflection on language’s power to subjugate and to liberate, and so much more besides. The podcast is produced and presented by Jack Wrighton and the Mostly Books team. It is edited by Michael Roberts. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop. Babel is published in the UK by @HarperVoyagerUK. Books mentioned in this episode include: Animal Farm by George Orwell ISBN: 9780141182704 Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 9780356500843 Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov ISBN: 9780141185262 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ISBN: 9781784744649 SPQR by Mary Beard ISBN: 9781846683817 Babel by R. F. Kuang ISBN: 9780008501815