作品简介

　　我渴望被世界理解，哪怕徒劳无功

　　27岁华裔女作家匡灵秀斩获科幻界诺奖星云奖，轨迹奖，英国国家图书奖

　　语言即魔法，翻译即背叛

　　设定新颖的银条奥秘，小人物撼动帝国根基

　　殖民主义、身份认同、语言翻译、暗黑学院……堪称“工业革命时期的哈利·波特”

　　19世纪20年代，瘟疫席卷广州，男孩罗宾全家惨死，而他死里逃生，神秘的洛弗尔教授出手相救，把他带往大洋彼岸的英国伦敦培养成人，只为使他有资格进入巴别塔内学习。

　　巴别塔是这个世界的翻译中心，也是魔法的中心。塔中精通多门语言的学者借助翻译使魔法生效。翻译不可能完美，所以在翻译过程中丢失或扭曲的含义就被银条捕捉并展现。刻字的银条是帝国力量的源泉，它使英国的舰队所向披靡，促使白银工业革命诞生，还帮助英国把全世界的白银卷入囊中。

　　随着学习的深入，罗宾沉醉于翻译魔法，却不知道自己和同伴即将卷入一场酝酿已久的阴谋当中……消失的学生，诡秘的社团，当恶意、嫉妒、贪婪和暴力充斥这座理想之塔，是忠于自己母语与故土，还是在异国他乡继续苟活，他们必须做出抉择。

　　匡灵秀（R.F.Kuang）

　　1996年出生于中国广东，剑桥大学哲学硕士，牛津大学理学硕士，目前在耶鲁大学的东亚语言与文学系攻读博士。二十二岁凭借处女作震撼奇幻文坛，出道即入围星云奖、轨迹奖、世界奇幻奖等奖项。

　　她的作品《巴别塔》荣获第58届美国科幻星云奖最佳长篇小说奖，2023年轨迹奖最佳奇幻长篇小说奖，2023年英国国家图书奖。该书融合历史与奇幻，探讨语言和翻译的力量，结合作者自己多年的学术背景，上市前已备受各界期待，并持续获得世界奇幻奖、巨龙奖等奇幻文学奖项的提名与肯定。

Introduction of works

I long to be understood by the world, even in vain

The 27-year-old Chinese writer Kuang Lingxiu has won the Nebula Award, the Trajectory Award and the British National Book Award

Language is magic, translation is betrayal

Set a novel silver bar mystery, small people shake the foundation of the empire

Colonialism, identity, language translation, Dark Academy... The Harry Potter of the Industrial Revolution

In the 1820s, the plague swept through Guangzhou, the boy Robin's family died, and he narrowly escaped death, mysterious Professor Lovell came to the rescue, took him to the other side of the ocean in London, England to raise adult, in order to make him eligible to enter the Tower of Babel to study.

The Tower of Babel is the center of translation and magic in this world. Multilingual scholars in the tower use translations to make magic work. Translation cannot be perfect, so any meaning lost or distorted in translation is captured and displayed by the silver bar. Engraved silver bars were the source of imperial power, enabling the British fleet to conquer, ushering in the silver Industrial Revolution, and helping Britain capture the world's silver.

As his studies deepen, Robin becomes intoxicated with the magic of translation, unaware that he and his companions are about to become embroiled in a long-simmering conspiracy. Vanished students, secretive societies, must decide whether to stay true to their mother tongue and homeland, or to continue living in a foreign land, as malice, jealousy, greed, and violence fill the tower of ideals.

Kwon Yeong-Soo (R.F.Koang)

Born in Guangdong, China in 1996, he received his MPHIL from the University of Cambridge and his MSC from the University of Oxford. He is currently studying for his PhD in East Asian Languages and Literature at Yale University. At the age of 22, she shocked the fantasy literary world with her debut novel, which was shortlisted for Nebula Award, Trajectory Award, World Fantasy Award and other awards.

Her book The Tower of Babel won the 58th American Science Fiction Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2023 Trajectory Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and the 2023 British National Book Award. The book combines history and fantasy, explores the power of language and translation, and combines the author's own academic background for many years, and has been highly anticipated by all circles before its release, and has been nominated and affirmed by fantasy literature awards such as the World Fantasy Award and the Dragon Award.