How Long to Read Eight Beggars

How Long Does it Take to Read Eight Beggars?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Eight Beggars by Josh Goldberg

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

Description

Taking inspiration from the Hasidic master, Reb Nachman of Breslov's classic Tale of the Seven Beggars, poet, Josh Goldberg has created a new work of beauty and profundity. He writes in his preface: "Any encounter with Reb Nachman makes us apocryphal and beggarly. ... He pulls us out from our settled comfortability. ... Why eight beggars? Because Nachman's seventh beggar never arrives? Perhaps. But as each beggar represents ("in the negative") no eyes, no ears, no mouth, no neck, no back, no hands, and no feet, it is crucial to notice what indeed has been omitted. The nose, the major universal stereotype of the Jew, is missing. The physiognomy of exclusion and exile. The Nosed One. ... Of all the beggars, he alone enfolds our broken hearts as he prepares the dark future. His pain purifies the torn night. His storm-compassion addresses our unborn descendants. He gives us pause to understand who we are and who we are not." "Josh Goldberg's Eight Beggars is not yet another version of Reb Nachman's story. It is a twenty-first century North-American Jewish answer to Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's early nineteenth century Eastern European Jewish question-about the mystery of God and the world, and the place and task of humanity within that mystery. - Steven Joseph, Jungian Analyst

How long is Eight Beggars?

Eight Beggars by Josh Goldberg is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Eight Beggars Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Eight Beggars aloud.

What Reading Level is Eight Beggars?

Eight Beggars is suitable for students ages 10 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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