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Podcast: Behind the Mic With Kirkus Reviews
Episode: BABEL by R.F. Kuang, read by Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown
Description: Chris Lew Kum Hoi brings an incredible range of languages and voices to life for listeners in this sharp fantasy from R.F. Kuang. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss the skilled narration of this breathtaking alternate history. Orphaned and taken from China to be raised in England, Robin Swift trains for years to join the Royal Institute of Translation at Oxford, housed in its Babel tower. As he learns to wield the power that exists when language is translated, he discovers the violences that colonialism perpetrates—and aids in a rebellion. Billie Fulford-Brown narrates numerous foot...