How Long to Read Five Weeks at Humanitas

How Long Does it Take to Read Five Weeks at Humanitas?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 57 minutes to read Five Weeks at Humanitas by Manfred Jurgensen

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

Description

Manfred Jurgensen was born between Denmark and Germany in the coastal border town of Flensburg in 1940, a ?midnight child'. He has always been sensitive to boundaries and what's beyond the borders, emotionally and physically. He has chosen to reveal his life history - to a very large extent dominated by World War II and its aftermath - in a highly original and unusual form. The protagonist and his lifetime experiences are wrapped within a semi-fictional presentation that he suggests might be called ?autofiction', or perhaps a ?bio-novel'. Throughout the narrative he philosophises about the nature of ?coincidence' as a life-force.Switzerland, formerly known as the excessively clean and prosperous ?neutral' country of war-torn Europe, is the symbolic present-day setting for this imaginative narrative. It begins just after he suffers a nervous breakdown while delivering a doctoral seminar at the University of Basle. In a luxurious sanatorium for mentally disturbed patients called Humanitas, he is asked to write about his life experiences, including his own awareness of the Nazi era and what it meant to be one of ?Hitler's children'; he is regularly interviewed by a Board of distinguished psychiatrists based on these accounts. An involuntary prisoner, he longs to achieve his freedom and be reunited with his wife.

How long is Five Weeks at Humanitas?

Five Weeks at Humanitas by Manfred Jurgensen is 413 pages long, and a total of 104,489 words.

This makes it 139% the length of the average book. It also has 128% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Five Weeks at Humanitas Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 30 minutes to read Five Weeks at Humanitas aloud.

What Reading Level is Five Weeks at Humanitas?

Five Weeks at Humanitas 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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