How Long to Read 1948

By Yoram Kaniuk

How Long Does it Take to Read 1948?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 10 minutes to read 1948 by Yoram Kaniuk

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Sixty years after fighting in Israel's War of Independence, Yoram Kaniuk tries to remember what exactly did—and did not—happen in his time as a teenage soldier in the Palmach. The result is a touchingly poignant and hauntingly beautiful memoir that the author himself considers a work of fiction, for what is memory but one's own story about the past? Eschewing self-righteousness in favor of self-criticism, Kaniuk's book, winner of the 2010 Sapir Prize for Literature, is the tale of a younger man told by his older, wiser self—the self who realizes that wars are pointless, and that he and his friends, young men from good homes forming an offbeat band of brothers, were senseless to see glory in the prospect of dying young. But it is also a painful, shocking, and tragically relevant homage to the importance of bearing witness to the follies of the past, even—or especially—when they are one's own.

How long is 1948?

1948 by Yoram Kaniuk is 190 pages long, and a total of 47,500 words.

This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 58% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read 1948 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 19 minutes to read 1948 aloud.

What Reading Level is 1948?

1948 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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