Anaya answers “Is there any LGBTQ+ representation in this...”

Owen Blacker asked this question about Babel:

Is there any LGBTQ+ representation in this book?

Anaya I went to a talk with R.F. Kuang about this book and she did say explicitly that Robin was a queer man, but I agree with many commenters below that no…moreI went to a talk with R.F. Kuang about this book and she did say explicitly that Robin was a queer man, but I agree with many commenters below that nothing is explicitly stated in the novel which I think is intentional on Kuang's part because I've noticed in her work she doesn't like to write a lot of explicit romance but usually hints at it. It also makes sense for the time period that Robin wouldn't be able to express any queerness so all of it is vaguely hinted at and if you're looking for a book that has depicted queer representation this probably isn't it.(less)

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