I recently finished reading Babel by R. F. Kuang 📚 and goodness gracious was it a worthwhile ride. It would be impossible to design a book more expertly crafted to pique my interest: a Hogwarts-adjacent school of silvery magic, deep dives into linguistic and translation theory, sharp critiques of academia,... danwalk.micro.blog

@danwalk I can report that it has joined the canon of books seen under visitors’ arms as they wander around Oxford.

@adam That made my day. Thanks so much for sharing!

@danwalk thanks for bringing Babel to my attention. It’s certainly going on my ‘want to read’ list!

@writingslowly It is a lot of fun on a lot of different levels. I don’t think you will regret it!