How Long to Read Balkan Essays

How Long Does it Take to Read Balkan Essays?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 39 minutes to read Balkan Essays by Hubert Butler

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

Description

Born and raised in Kilkenny, Ireland, Hubert Butler (1900-91) -often described as "Ireland's Orwell" - is now widely considered one of the great essayists in English of the twentieth century. Proud of his Protestant heritage while still deeply committed to the Irish nation, he sought in his life and writing to ensure that Ireland would grow into an open and pluralistic society. His five previous volumes of essays (published by The Lilliput Press) are masterful literature in the tradition of Swift, Yeats and Shaw, elegant and humane readings of Irish and European history, and ultimately hopeful testimony to human progress. Widely travelled in the Balkans, Butler wrote on a wide variety of subjects concerning his experience of the region, much of which remains deeply relevant to the recent history of Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia. He lived in Yugoslavia between 1934 and 1937, and spoke Croatian fluently. Much of Balkan Essays deals with the genocidal Quisling regime of the Independent State of Croatia (1941- 45) and the collaborationist role played by the Catholic Church and, particularly, by Archbishop Stepinac - a topic which embroiled him in a major controversy in 1950s Ireland, and continues to polarize the political and cultural life of post-communist Croatia. For the first time, the extraordinary body of Butler's Balkan work is brought together in a single volume. --

How long is Balkan Essays?

Balkan Essays by Hubert Butler is 573 pages long, and a total of 144,969 words.

This makes it 193% the length of the average book. It also has 177% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Balkan Essays Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 12 minutes to read Balkan Essays aloud.

What Reading Level is Balkan Essays?

Balkan Essays is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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