It takes the average reader 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Paul Celan by John Felstiner
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Paul Celan, Europe's most compelling postwar poet, was a German-speaking, East European Jew. His writing exposes and illumines the wounds that Nazi destructiveness left on language. John Felstiner's sensitive and accessible book is the first critical biography of Celan in any language. It offers new translations of well-known and little-known poems--including a chapter on Celan's famous "Deathfugue"--plus his speeches, prose fiction, and letters. The book also presents hitherto unpublished photos of the poet and his circle. Drawing on interviews with Celan's family and friends and his...
Paul Celan by John Felstiner is 344 pages long, and a total of 87,376 words.
This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 57 minutes to read Paul Celan aloud.
Paul Celan is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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