About the author
Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese-American novelist and scholar whose fiction moves between epic fantasy, historical fantasy, literary satire, and dark academia. Her academic work and novels frequently examine language, empire, institutions, and the uses of intellectual authority.
Katabasis sends two Cambridge graduate students into Hell to recover the professor on whom their careers depend. The fantasy makes academic hierarchy physical, joining formal magic and underworld traditions to questions about exploitation and ambition.
Where to start
Start with Katabasis for dark academia, Babel for language and empire in an alternate Oxford, or Yellowface for a contemporary publishing satire.
