How Long to Read Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War

How Long Does it Take to Read Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad

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

Description

“I have not lately read a finer book than this—on any subject at all. . . . A masterpiece.” —Simon Winchester, New Statesman The photographs of three young men had stood in his grandmother’s house for as long as he could remember, beheld but never fully noticed. They had all fought in the Second World War, a fact that surprised him. Indians had never figured in his idea of the war, nor the war in his idea of India. One of them, Bobby, even looked a bit like him, but Raghu Karnad had not noticed until he was the same age as they were in their photo frames. Then he learned about the Parsi boy from the sleepy south Indian coast, so eager to follow his brothers-in-law into the colonial forces and onto the front line. Manek, dashing and confident, was a pilot with India’s fledgling air force; gentle Ganny became an army doctor in the arid North-West Frontier. Bobby’s pursuit would carry him as far as the deserts of Iraq and the green hell of the Burma battlefront. The years 1939–45 might be the most revered, deplored, and replayed in modern history. Yet India’s extraordinary role has been concealed, from itself and from the world. In riveting prose, Karnad retrieves the story of a single family—a story of love, rebellion, loyalty, and uncertainty—and with it, the greater revelation that is India’s Second World War. Farthest Field narrates the lost epic of India’s war, in which the largest volunteer army in history fought for the British Empire, even as its countrymen fought to be free of it. It carries us from Madras to Peshawar, Egypt to Burma—unfolding the saga of a young family amazed by their swiftly changing world and swept up in its violence.

How long is Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War?

Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War aloud.

What Reading Level is Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War?

Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War 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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