It takes the average reader 7 hours to read Celebration by Harvey Swados
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
DIVDIVIn old age, a political firebrand looks back at a life filled with social and political turmoil/divDIV/divDIV Samuel Lumen has reached the hearts of millions with his fearless advocacy for liberal causes. Now he’s almost ninety years old, and the ideas he espoused as a young man, radical at the time, are woven into the political landscape of America, even as they’ve been warped and diluted by younger generations. His ideological heirs want to honor his contributions with a banquet full of pomp and circumstance, but Lumen’s not so sure he’s ready to honor his heirs in return. Told through Lumen’s diary entries, Celebration recounts his rich life, filled with achievement, disappointment, and an ever-growing awareness of the costs of restless radicalism./divDIV /divPublished posthumously, Celebration is a fitting capstone to Swados’s legendary career as a novelist and critic, and is an unforgettable look at the intersection of memory, nostalgia, and histories both personal and political. /div
Celebration by Harvey Swados is 420 pages long, and a total of 105,000 words.
This makes it 142% the length of the average book. It also has 128% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 33 minutes to read Celebration aloud.
Celebration is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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