R.F. Kuang

La guerra de la amapola, finalista de los prestigiosos premios Hugo, Nebula y World Fantasy,es una de las mejores novelas de fantasía de la historia según la revista Time. Escrita por R. F.

La guerra ha acabado. Y una nueva guerra acaba de empezar. Tres veces a lo largo de su historia, Nikan ha luchado por su supervivencia en las sangrientas Guerras de la Amapola. Aunque la tercera acaba de terminar, Rin no puede olvidar la atrocidad que cometio para salvar a su pueblo. Ahora esta tratando de librarse de su culpa, de su adiccion al opio y de las ordenes asesinas del ardiente Fenix, el dios vengativo que ha bendecido a Rin con su temible poder. Aunque no quiere seguir viviendo, se niega a morir hasta vengarse de la Emperatriz, que traiciono a la que fue la tierra natal de Rin. Su unica esperanza es unir fuerzas con el poderoso jefe militar del Dragon, que planea conquistar Nikan, derrocar a la Emperatriz y crear una nueva republica. Pero ni la Emperatriz ni el jefe militar del Dragon son lo que parecen. Cuantas mas atrocidades presencia Rin, mas teme que su amor por Nikan la obligue a usar el apocaliptico poder del Fenix una vez mas. Porque Rin esta dispuesta a sacrificar lo que haga falta para salvar a su pais y para conseguir su venganza.

1828. El Instituto Real de Traducción de Oxford, también conocido como Babel, es la institución mágica más importante del mundo. La magia con plata capaz de revelar significados ocultos perdidos en la traduccion que alli se practica le ha otorgado al Imperio britanico un poder sin parangon.Robin, un huerfano cantones que ha terminado siendo alumno en Babel, se ha dado cuenta de que servir a Babel significa traicionar a su pais de origen. Y, a medida que sus estudios progresan, se ve atrapado entre Babel y la misteriosa Sociedad de Hermes, una organizacion dedicada a impedir la expansion imperial. Cuando Gran Bretaña trate de iniciar una injusta guerra con China motivada por el opio y la plata, Robin debera decidir si la unica forma de lograr un cambio real es la violencia.

EL LADO OSCURO DEL MUNDILLO LITERARIO. Athena Liu es una escritora famosa y June Hayward es una escritora a la que no conocen ni en su casa. Cuando Athena muere de forma tan inesperada como extraña, June le roba su ultimo manuscrito. Y no solo eso: lo publica como si fuera obra suya. Sin embargo, hay evidencias que amenazan con poner en peligro el exito que June ha conseguido de manera tan (por decirlo finamente) cuestionable. Y es entonces cuando descubre hasta donde esta dispuesta a llegar para conservar la vida que ella cree que merece. CON ESTA EMOCIONANTE Y AFILADISIMA NOVELA, REBECCA F. KUANG, LA AUTORA SUPERVENTAS NUMERO 1 DEL NEW YORK TIMES, LOGRA QUE , NOS PREGUNTEMOS: ¿Y SI, ANTE EL EXITO, TODOS SOMOS BUITRES?

The searing follow-up to 2018's most celebrated fantasy debut - THE POPPY WAR. Rin is on the run ... Haunted by the terrible choices she had to make to save her people, Rin's only reason for living is to take revenge on the traitorous Empress who sold her homeland to its enemies.Forced to ally with the powerful Dragon Warlord in his plan to unseat the Empress, Rin throws herself into the struggle using the fearsome power bestowed on her by the vengeful god Phoenix After all, making war is all she knows how to do ...

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of 20th-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, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix's voice, urging her to burn the world and everything in it?

THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.ITS JUST NOT HERS TO TELL.When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity and takes it.So what if it means stealing Athenas final manuscript?So what if it means borrowing her identity?And so what if the first lie is only the beginningFinally, June has the fame she always deserved. But someone is about to expose herWhat happens next is entirely everyone else's fault.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out. -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of BrassFrom award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day hell enroll in Oxford Universitys prestigious Royal Institute of Translationalso known as Babel.

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018 'The best fantasy debut of 2018' - WIRED A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China's twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic. When Rin aced the Keju - the test to find the most talented students in the Empire - 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 had hoped to get rich by marrying her off; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free from a life of servitude. 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. Fighting the prejudice of rival classmates, Rin discovers that 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 psychoactive substances and a seemingly insane teacher, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive - and that mastering these 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 Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second.And while most people calmly go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away...

Dall'autrice della trilogia La Guerra dei papaveri, una storia arcana.«È un'opera fantastica, a tratti commovente e feroce, con un finale che fa tremare i muri.» - The Guardian«In Babel c'è qualcos'altro che riesce a debordare dalle definizioni canoniche di genere, qualcosa che riesce a leggere in maniera precisa e profonda un tempo - il nostro, ma anche quello che ci ha preceduto - e una varieta di temi impossibile da affrontare in poche righe - il colonialismo, il razzismo, la difficolta della traduzione, la sua impossibilita, il legame tra tradurre e tradire, tra linguaggio e potere. E tutte queste questioni sono calate all'interno di una narrazione fluida, avvincente, mai scontata.» - Alessandro Tacchino per MaremossoOxford, 1836. La citta delle guglie sognanti. Il centro di tutta la conoscenza e l'innovazione del mondo. Al suo cuore c'è Babel, il prestigioso Royal Institute of Translation dell'Universita di Oxford. La torre da cui sgorga tutto il potere dell'impero. Rimasto orfano a Canton e portato in Inghilterra da un misterioso tutore, Robin Swift credeva che Babel fosse un paradiso. Fino a che non è diventata una prigione… Può uno studente lottare contro un impero?

Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.White liesWhen Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.Dark humourBut as evidence threatens Junes stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.Deadly consequencesWhat happens next is entirely everyone elses fault.

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLEROne for Philip Pullman fansTHE TIMESAn ingenious fantasy about empireGUARDIANFans of THE SECRET HISTORY, this one is an automatic buyGLAMOURAmbitious, sweeping and epicEVENING STANDARDTraduttore, 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.

“La Segunda Guerra de las Amapolas ha dejado Nikan desolada. Rin, huérfana de guerra, vive con los Fang que la fuerzan a trabajar en el negocio familiar. Su único posible futuro es un matrimonio conc