How Long to Read The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century

How Long Does it Take to Read The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century by Adam Kirsch

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

Description

An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which "covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish cultural expression" (Robert Alter, New York Times Book Review), poet and literary critic Adam Kirsch now turns to the story of modern Jewish literature. From the vast emigration of Jews out of Eastern Europe to the Holocaust to the creation of Israel, the twentieth century transformed Jewish life. The same was true of Jewish writing: the novels, plays, poems, and memoirs of Jewish writers provided intimate access to new worlds of experience. Kirsch surveys four themes that shaped the twentieth century in Jewish literature and culture: Europe, America, Israel, and the endeavor to reimagine Judaism as a modern faith. With discussions of major books by over thirty writers—ranging from Franz Kafka to Philip Roth, Elie Wiesel to Tony Kushner, Hannah Arendt to Judith Plaskow—he argues that literature offers a new way to think about what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. With a wide scope and diverse, original observations, Kirsch draws fascinating parallels between familiar writers and their less familiar counterparts. While everyone knows the diary of Anne Frank, for example, few outside of Israel have read the diary of Hannah Senesh. Kirsch sheds new light on the literature of the Holocaust through the work of Primo Levi, explores the emergence of America as a Jewish home through the stories of Bernard Malamud, and shows how Yehuda Amichai captured the paradoxes of Israeli identity. An insightful and engaging work from "one of America’s finest literary critics" (Wall Street Journal), The Blessing and the Curse brings the Jewish experience vividly to life.

How long is The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century?

The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century by Adam Kirsch is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century aloud.

What Reading Level is The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century?

The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century 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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