How Long to Read Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)

How Long Does it Take to Read Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 46 minutes to read Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) by Jing Tsu

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

Description

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China’s most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology. Kingdom of Characters follows the bold innovators who reinvented the Chinese language, among them an exiled reformer who risked a death sentence to advocate for Mandarin as a national language, a Chinese-Muslim poet who laid the groundwork for Chairman Mao's phonetic writing system, and a computer engineer who devised input codes for Chinese characters on the lid of a teacup from the floor of a jail cell. Without their advances, China might never have become the dominating force we know today. With larger-than-life characters and an unexpected perspective on the major events of China’s tumultuous twentieth century, Tsu reveals how language is both a technology to be perfected and a subtle, yet potent, power to be exercised and expanded.

How long is Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)?

Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) by Jing Tsu is 337 pages long, and a total of 86,609 words.

This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 106% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 53 minutes to read Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) aloud.

What Reading Level is Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)?

Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist) 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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