It takes the average reader 8 hours and 14 minutes to read A Guest for the Night by Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Hailed as one of Agnon’s most significant works, A Guest for the Night depicts Jewish life in Eastern Europe after World War I. A man journeys from Israel to his hometown in Europe, saddened to find so many friends taken by war, pogrom, or disease. In this vanishing world of traditional values, he confronts the loss of faith and trust of a younger generation. This 1939 novel reveals Agnon’s vision of his people’s past, tragic present, and hope for the future. Cited by National Yiddish Book Center as one of "The Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature" The Wisconsin edition is not for sale...
A Guest for the Night by Shmuel Yosef Agnon is 485 pages long, and a total of 123,675 words.
This makes it 164% the length of the average book. It also has 151% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 15 minutes to read A Guest for the Night aloud.
A Guest for the Night is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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