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lara_lleverino 's review for:
Babel
by R.F. Kuang
Wow this book is hard to read but you can’t put it down. I don’t agree with everything but it certainly made me think. One of my biggest hesitancies with a book of fiction like this is knowing what in the story is fictionalized and what is true. The book speaks of topics that are emotionally charged and it would be a mistake to form opinions and make choices based on a fictionalized story. In addition the book has footnotes that lend to the feeling that the book reports on fact not fiction.
Topics:
Anti-colonialism
First or unifying language
Linguistic anthropology
Mandarine
Latin
French
English
Oxford
Cultural blindness
White supremacy
Abolitionist movement
Anti-capitalism
Slavery
Opium wars
SPOILERS:
I found the hardest part for me was the stance held by some of the characters that made the only possible solution was rage and annihilation. At the same time the examination of corruption didn’t seem to go far enough. What was it that made one group of humans so corrupt just because of the color of their skin?
Topics:
Anti-colonialism
First or unifying language
Linguistic anthropology
Mandarine
Latin
French
English
Oxford
Cultural blindness
White supremacy
Abolitionist movement
Anti-capitalism
Slavery
Opium wars
SPOILERS:
I found the hardest part for me was the stance held by some of the characters that made the only possible solution was rage and annihilation. At the same time the examination of corruption didn’t seem to go far enough. What was it that made one group of humans so corrupt just because of the color of their skin?