How Long to Read Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski

How Long Does it Take to Read Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 27 minutes to read Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski by Eric Karpeles

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Description

A compelling biography of the Polish painter and writer Józef Czapski that takes readers to Paris in the Roaring Twenties, to the front lines during WWII, and into the late 20th-century art world. Józef Czapski (1896–1993) lived many lives during his ninety-six years. He was a student in Saint Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and a painter in Paris in the roaring twenties. As a Polish reserve officer fighting against the invading Nazis in the opening weeks of the Second World War, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. For reasons unknown to this day, he was one of the very few excluded from Stalin’s sanctioned massacres of Polish officers. He never returned to Poland after the war, but worked tirelessly in Paris to keep alive awareness of the plight of his homeland, overrun by totalitarian powers. Czapski was a towering public figure, but painting gave meaning to his life. Eric Karpeles, also a painter, reveals Czapski’s full complexity, pulling together all the threads of this remarkable life.

How long is Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski?

Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski by Eric Karpeles is 496 pages long, and a total of 126,976 words.

This makes it 167% the length of the average book. It also has 155% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 33 minutes to read Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski aloud.

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Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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