How Long to Read Celine on Fire

How Long Does it Take to Read Celine on Fire?

It takes the average reader 14 hours and 14 minutes to read Celine on Fire by Dale Pelton

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

Description

"C�line on Fire" poses the question, why read history? Set during the Cold War, "C�line" is a coming of age story in 1950s Paris. C�line Colbert, 14, a dancer, her sister Yvonne, 28, professor of philosophy and history at the Sorbonne, share a taxi in the rain with Giovanni Sandretti, 23, an Italian-American trumpet player born in Viterbo, Italy. In the Parisian worlds of jazz, flamenco, and tango, Giovanni becomes Yvonne''s lover and C�line''s friend. Each of the characters share the narration from chapter to chapter like a jazz trio swapping riffs as they improvise on a common theme. Bertrand Russell said, "To understand an age or a nation we must understand its philosophy, and to understand its philosophy we must ourselves be in some degree philosophers." The lesson of "C�line on Fire" is that it is our responsibility for each of us to be that philosopher. After a shattering tragedy, C�line struggles to find herself as both an artist and a woman. In a time when everyone went out dancing, and Parisians endlessly debated politics in the caf�s, the novel recreates the era of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse and Audrey Hepburn, with dance sequences of ballet, jazz, ballroom, Latin and tango, reprising the 1950''s musicals of Gene Kelly''s "American in Paris." Haunted by heartbreak, C�line is a resilient role model for young women trying to find themselves. Intelligent yet sensual, disciplined but burdened with grief-falling down then climbing back to her feet-C�line saves herself through dance. On Giovanni''s jazz tour behind the Iron Curtain, fans in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia share stories of their quest for freedom. Attila and Zizi in Budapest recount the terror of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and Les Gordon, the leader of the group, an African-American living in Paris to escape racism, tells of the savage race massacre in Tulsa, and the heartbreaking Indian Removal under President Andrew Jackson confiscating the lands of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and Muskogee-Creek nations, forcing them through snow and ice to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears where one out of four died, raising the question, how do we forgive mass murder? Is atonement possible for a nation''s deeds in the past? Written by an artist rather than a historian, "C�line" explores historical and philosophical ideas through the means of conversation-history viewed by an artist rather than a scholar. "C�line" shows how the literature of 19th century Prussia informed 20th century Germany; the 6th century BC Shinto myth of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun, created the cult of the Emperor in 20th century Japan; the Dreyfus Affair in France in 1894 resulting in the creation of Israel in 1948; the creation in 1921 of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and Israel and the struggle between Shias and Wahhabiya Sunnis, Palestinians and Israelis. "C�line" chronicles the First World War when nationalist chauvinism was responsible for devouring seventeen million lives. In the 21st century, nationalism is rising again-in Russia, the European Union and in our own country as well. Nationalism rises then recedes with time, but man''s instinct for, "us against the foreigners," never dies-lying silently like the plague sleeping until it awakens to murder again. The book tells of Senator McCarthy 1950''s witch hunt for traitors in our government, bringing to mind the words of Michel de Montaigne, ''There is no passion as contagious as that of fear.'' Fear is the mother of war, fascism and genocide. "C�line" shows how a demagogue can rise to power in a democracy by unleashing that fear, seizing power by creating a world of unreality. Gifted in the Procrustean solution, the demagogue processes data to fit a preconceived notion-he invents the truth. While recounting the attacks against democracy in the 20th century, "Celine on Fire" tells a sweeping tale of romance and a passion for music and dance.

How long is Celine on Fire?

Celine on Fire by Dale Pelton is 828 pages long, and a total of 213,624 words.

This makes it 279% the length of the average book. It also has 261% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Celine on Fire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 27 minutes to read Celine on Fire aloud.

What Reading Level is Celine on Fire?

Celine on Fire is suitable for students ages 12 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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