Showing results for "Babel" in Literature & Fiction

1828. Robin Swift, den ein Cholera-Ausbruch im chinesischen Kanton als Waisenjungen zurücklässt, wird von dem geheimnisvollen Professor Lovell nach London gebracht. Dort lernt er jahrelang Latein, Altgriechisch und Chinesisch, um sich auf den Tag vorzubereiten, an dem er in das Königliche Institut für Übersetzung der Universität Oxford - auch bekannt als Babel - aufgenommen werden soll. Oxford ist das Zentrum allen Wissens und Fortschritts in der Welt. Für Robin erfüllt sich ein Traum, an dem Ort zu studieren, der die ganze Macht des britischen Empire verkörpert.

Babel-17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy's deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack.

Rimasto orfano a Canton e portato in Inghilterra da un misterioso tutore, Robin Swift credeva che Babel fosse un paradiso. Fino a che non è diventata una prigione... Può uno studente lottare contro un impero?

1828. El Instituto Real de Traducción de Oxford, también conocido como Babel, es la institución mágica más importante del mundo. La magia con plata capaz de revelar significados ocultos perdidos en la traducción que allí se practica le ha otorgado al Imperio británico un poder sin parangón. Robin, un huérfano cantonés que ha terminado siendo alumno en Babel, se ha dado cuenta de que servir a Babel significa traicionar a su país de origen.

Auf zehn steinernen Tafeln kündigt der "Kult des goldenen Kalbs" in verschlüsselten Botschaften seine geplanten Aktionen an und eröffnet damit für Auguste Dupin, Edgar Allan Poe und Irene Adler ein Wettrennen gegen die Zeit.

1828. Un jeune orphelin chinois est recueilli à Canton par un professeur et conduit à Londres. Rebaptisé Robin Swift, le jeune garçon consacre ses journées à l'étude des langues dans l'optique d'intégrer le prestigieux Institut royal de traduction de l'Université d'Oxford, plus connu sous le nom de Babel. Berceau de l'argentogravure, les étudiants y exploitent le sens perdu des mots à l'aide de barres d'argent enchantées.

Desde el Santiago de Chile de inicios de los setenta, un joven estudiante de ingeniería, azuzado por su memorable profesor de Fundamentos Matemáticos, va tras la huella de Kurt Gödel, el genial lógico que con dos teoremas perturbadores desbaratará toda la tradición matemática, y que...

تعد بابل عملاً خياليًّا تأمليًّا، ومن ثم، تقع أحداثها في نسخة خيالية من مدينة أوكسفورد في ثلاثينيات القرن التاسع عشر التي تغير تاريخها تمامًا بسبب العمل بالفضة (سنسوق المزيد خلال وقت قصير). مع ذلك، حاولت الالتزام، قدر المُستطاع، بدقة السجل التاريخي في وصف حياة أوكسفورد في العصر الفيكتوري، وبالاكتفاء بتقديم قدر من المغالطات فقط حين يخدم ذلك الرواية. وفيما يتعلق بالمراجع الخاصة بأوكسفورد في بدايات القرن التاسع عشر، اعتمدت على الدليل والمرجع التاريخي لمدينة أوكسفورد (1878) الذي كتبه جيمس جيه مور،...

The Podcast Lab è un laboratorio di narrazione audio nato da Coming Soon!, uno spazio ospitato da Babel Festival di Letteratura e Traduzione dedicato a scrittrici e scrittori ticinesi emergenti sviluppato in collaborazione con l’Associazione REC e Radio Gwen, con il supporto di InfoGiovani, Pro Helvetia e FSRC/SRKS.Le autrici e gli autori coinvolti lavorano a partire dal tema del festival alla realizzazione di un podcast eterogeneo e personale sotto la guida di Olmo Cerri.

Welcome! You are now entering the Library of Babel. Please note: we do not permit electronic devices, hot drinks, or excessive rationality. We are here to facilitate the seekers mind, the pursuit of the mystery, the unending quest to know the unknowable. The Library of Babel is not for everyone. Many have been driven mad inside its endless aisles. A sense of purpose and humour will be vital for your survival here.As you know, the Library contains all possible books, from the absurd to the inspirational and everything in between. Each episode the Librarians of Babel, astrologer Katrien Cogan ...

Babel Parish Radio is an interview series from The Babel Tower Notice Board, an online journal for experimental writing past, present and future. Hosted by editors Richard Capener and Chloë Proctor, Babel Parish Radio features conversations with writers, curators and performers of the most exciting literature published today. Find out more on thebabeltowernoticeboard.com.

Do you like books but don't like reading? Never find yourself with enough time to look at a book for a few minutes? Then the Library of Babel is here for you! We produce high-quality serialized audiobooks for you to enjoy whenever you might want to listen to a book.

Inspired by the novels of D.H. Lawrence, particularly The Rainbow and Women in Love, this ambitious quartet from Booker Prize-winning novelist A.S. Byatt charts the lives of the Potter family between 1953 and 1970. Set against the changing social and political landscape of England in the '50s and '60s, it follows the heroine, Frederica, from precocious teenager to TV talk-show host and from her Yorkshire home to the heart of swinging London.

From the very first hour Cayden had set foot inside the massive, real-life game that was the Tower of Babel, nothing had gone according to plan. A unique skill, a handful of new friends, and the wrath of an ultra-wealthy, patricidal lunatic were just some of the complications to his best laid plans.
So why was he even surprised when a special event trapped him, his companions, and dozens of other players inside the tower, squaring them off against a murderous army of stone-faced warriors?

Launch day. That was what they called it. The day when over four million people vanished in an instant from the island of Manhattan. The day earthquakes ravaged the east coast. The day a 101-kilometer tall tower rose from the wreckage of the now empty city. The day every screen, newspaper, and smart phone displayed a single message from an unknown source: The Great Emperor has issued his challenge.

Diplomacy by other means may, at times, sound heroic. A fight for principles and ideals carried out by young men armed to the teeth and directed by older men in pursuit of their own version of glory for themselves and their Nations. Right will triumph over wrong. But war can be an illusion, stirred up by schemers and opportunists to take something from other nations that may or may not be right. As blood and limb are sacrificed the true cost is seen but often set to one side as the dispute becomes embedded in emotions and reason falls away.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

Historias que reivindican el arte de narrar: una voz que nos descubre y recrea un mundo, hasta ahora, desconocido; una voz que, palabra a palabra, hila unas historias cuyos finales no dejarán de sorprender al lector porque tienen el encanto de los cuentos de hadas. Un mundo habitado por reyes, princesas, castillos, armaduras, pescadores, campesinos: personajes que nos habitan porque son tan legendarios como la vida misma.

Historias que reivindican el arte de narrar: una voz que nos descubre y recrea un mundo, hasta ahora, desconocido; una voz que, palabra a palabra, hila unas historias cuyos finales no dejarán de sorprender al lector porque tienen el encanto de los cuentos de hadas. Un mundo habitado por reyes, princesas, castillos, armaduras, pescadores, campesinos: personajes que nos habitan porque son tan legendarios como la vida misma.

Historias que reivindican el arte de narrar: una voz que nos descubre y recrea un mundo, hasta ahora, desconocido; una voz que, palabra a palabra, hila unas historias cuyos finales no dejarán de sorprender al lector porque tienen el encanto de los cuentos de hadas. Un mundo habitado por reyes, princesas, castillos, armaduras, pescadores, campesinos: personajes que nos habitan porque son tan legendarios como la vida misma.