#JustFinished Babel by R.F. Kuang
An intense and difficult read (for a white person). But well worth the time. A diverse group of 4 translators in the same year at Oxford bond over their classes. But life isn't simple and as they each grow, at varying rates, there is friction. Set in a fantastical, but eminently realistic, Colonial Era Britain, there is a lot for Kuang to build on, and I feel she did an excellent job of bringing us a tale of
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