How Long to Read Survival of the Fireflies

How Long Does it Take to Read Survival of the Fireflies?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 49 minutes to read Survival of the Fireflies by Georges Didi-Huberman

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

Description

Seeking out the minor lights of friendship in a time of fascism Dante once spoke, in his Divine Comedy, of the miniscule lights, in the twenty-sixth canto of the Inferno, who, contrary to the great lights that shined bright within the sublime circles of Paradise, frailly wandered in the somber pockets of glimmering light within the darkness. Pliny the Elder was once preoccupied by a type of fly named pyrallis or pyrotocon, which was only able to fly within fire: “as long as it remains in the fire, it can fly; when its flight takes it out too far a distance, it dies.” Through his readings of Dante, Pasolini, Walter Benjamin, and others, Georges Didi-Huberman seeks again to understand this strange, minor light, the signals of small beings in search of love and friendship. Their flickering presence serves as a counterforce to the blinding sovereign power that Giorgio Agamben calls The Kingdom and the Glory, that artificial brilliance that once surrounded dictators and today emanates from every screen. In this timely reflection, much needed in our time of excessive light, Didi-Huberman’s Survival of the Fireflies offers a humble yet powerful image of individual hope and desire: the firefly-image.

How long is Survival of the Fireflies?

Survival of the Fireflies by Georges Didi-Huberman is 107 pages long, and a total of 27,499 words.

This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Survival of the Fireflies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to read Survival of the Fireflies aloud.

What Reading Level is Survival of the Fireflies?

Survival of the Fireflies is suitable for students ages 10 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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