Rebecca Kuang Knihy

Traduttore, traditore: akt prekladu je vždy aktom zrady. 1828. Robin Swift, kantonská sirota, ktorá prišla o rodinu počas cholery, prichádza do Londýna s tajomným profesorom Lovellom. Tam sa roky učí latinčinu, starovekú gréčtinu a čínštinu, aby sa neskôr mohol prihlásiť na prestížny Kráľovský prekladateľský inštitút Oxfordskej univerzity, ktorý je nazývaný tiež Babel. Babel je svetovým centrom prekladu, a čo je ešte dôležitejšie, aj mágie. Striebrotepectvo – umenie, ktoré pomocou začarovaných strieborných paličiek vyjavuje význam stratený v preklade, dáva britskému impériu nevídanú moc a jeho vedomosti mu pomáhajú pri napĺňaní kolonizačných cieľov. Pre Robina je Oxford utópiou zasvätenou honbe za vedomosťami. Tie sa však musia podriaďovať moci a Robin ako Číňan vychovaný v Británii čoskoro zistí, že službou pre Babel zrádza svoje korene. Ako pokračuje v štúdiu, čoraz viac sa zaplieta so záhadným Hermesovým spolkom, s organizáciou, ktorá sa snaží zastaviť imperiálny rozmach. Keď sa Británia vrhne do nespravodlivej vojny s Čínou pre ópium a striebro, Robin sa musí rozhodnúť, na ktorú stranu sa postaví. Dá sa mocná inštitúcia zmeniť zvnútra, alebo revolúcia vždy vyžaduje násilie?

Nevinné lži. Drsný humor. Fatálne následky... June Haywardová a Athena Liu sú vychádzajúce literárne talenty. Athena je miláčikom literárnych kruhov, o June sa to však povedať nedá. Keď sa June stane svedkom Atheninej prazvláštnej smrti, impulzívne sa rozhodne ukradnúť jej práve dokončenýmajstrovský rukopis. Čoraz častejšie sa však vynárajú dôkazy, ktoré ohrozujú jej ukradnutý úspech. Ako ďaleko je ochotná zájsť, aby si udržala to, čo si podľa seba zaslúži?

Alica Lawová sa chce stať najlepšou odborníčkou na analytickú mágiu. Obetovala všetko, aby mohla pracovať s profesorom Grimesom, najväčším odborníkom na svete, a získala od neho odporúčanie. Potom však príde k tragickej magickej nehode, ktorú zavinila Alica. Profesor Grimes je v pekle a Alica sa musí pokúsiť zachrániť jeho dušu. Nanešťastie, na cestu sa s ňou vydáva aj Peter Murdoch, Alicin najväčší rival. Zostúpiť do pekla je jednoduché. Prežiť v ňom – a vydržať to spolu – je niečo celkom iné.

The searing follow-up to 2018's most celebrated fantasy debut - THE POPPY WAR.

“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.” -- Booknest A Library Journal, Paste Magazine, Vulture, BookBub, and ENTROPY Best Books of 2018 pick! Washington Post "5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018" pick! A Bustle "30 Best Fiction Books of 2018" pick! A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy. When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising. But surprises aren’t always good. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school. For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . . Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.

The exciting end to the Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect. After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead. Despite her losses, Rin hasn't given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much--the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges--and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation. Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix's intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it?

A new dark academic fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Poppy War Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison... But can a student stand against an empire? An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans' THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy' GLAMOUR 'Ambitious, sweeping and epic' EVENING STANDARD 'Razor-sharp' DAILY MAIL 'An ingenious fantasy about empire' GUARDIAN