The novel Babel (BABEL) has 546 pages. By the author (R.F. Kuang). It is a historical fantasy epic released in 2022, set in an alternate reality in the 1830s. The novel tells the story of Robin Swift, a Chinese orphan brought to London to become a magical translator at "Babel," the Royal Institute of Translation at Oxford University, where he explores the conflict between colonialism, translation, and the power of words.