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by (shelved 97 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 9,793 ratings — published 1917

by (shelved 81 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.42 — 7,977 ratings — published 1971

by (shelved 78 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.43 — 550,121 ratings — published 1899

by (shelved 69 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.61 — 15,637 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 66 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,702 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 64 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,024 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 61 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.34 — 31,199 ratings — published 1961

by (shelved 55 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.43 — 214 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 54 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.31 — 26,695 ratings — published 1971

by (shelved 53 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.46 — 19,946 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 53 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.19 — 67,238 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 50 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.13 — 28,907 ratings — published 1978

by (shelved 45 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,209 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 43 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.37 — 606 ratings — published 1965

by (shelved 43 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,133 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 38 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,065 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 37 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.44 — 7,612 ratings — published 1950

by (shelved 34 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.40 — 286 ratings — published 1972

by (shelved 33 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.98 — 14,003 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 32 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.40 — 387 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 31 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,458 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 30 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,314 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 27 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.48 — 75 ratings — published

by (shelved 27 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.94 — 686 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 26 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.29 — 11,109 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 26 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.49 — 32,030 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 26 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.12 — 94 ratings — published

by (shelved 25 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.87 — 39,221 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 25 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 18,545 ratings — published 1952

by (shelved 24 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.16 — 116 ratings — published

by (shelved 24 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.08 — 53 ratings — published

by (shelved 24 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,349 ratings — published 1987

by (shelved 24 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.39 — 7,312 ratings — published 1938

by (shelved 23 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,571 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 23 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.74 — 406,280 ratings — published 1958

by (shelved 22 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,472 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 22 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.68 — 84,925 ratings — published 1924

by (shelved 21 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.24 — 5,133 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 21 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.29 — 52,580 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 21 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,991 ratings — published 1982

by (shelved 21 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.09 — 261,815 ratings — published 1980

by (shelved 19 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.18 — 946 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 19 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.41 — 41 ratings — published

by (shelved 19 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,798 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 19 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.55 — 10,009 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 19 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.81 — 154 ratings — published 1901

by (shelved 19 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.37 — 19,765 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 19 times as imperialism)
avg rating 3.75 — 306 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 18 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.15 — 423,904 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 18 times as imperialism)
avg rating 4.02 — 460 ratings — published 2014

“The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of years. If we could ever get to the stage where somebody could say, 'We're sorry we did it,' that would be nice. But if that just assuages guilt, it's just another crime. To become minimally civilized, we would have to say, 'We carried out and benefited from vicious crimes. A large part of the wealth of France comes from the crimes we committed against Haiti, and the United States gained as well. Therefore we are going to pay reparations to the Haitian people.' Then you will see the beginnings of civilization.”
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel