It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read Heshel's Kingdom by Dan Jacobson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"The Orthodox rabbi Heshel Melamed's sudden death by heart attack in 1919 set his widow and children free to leave Lithuania, the country that he insisted be their home. In light of the Holocaust that took place in Europe twenty years later, his death became, ironically, a gift of life: Heshel Melamed's family left Europe before the war and settled safely in South Africa." "In Heshel's Kingdom, Dan Jacobson recounts his journey in the 1990s to post-Communist Lithuania, where he searched for traces of his grandfather Heshel's world. More than a genealogical narrative, however, this deeply...
Heshel's Kingdom by Dan Jacobson is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.
This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read Heshel's Kingdom aloud.
Heshel's Kingdom 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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