How Long to Read The Distant Beautiful

How Long Does it Take to Read The Distant Beautiful?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 57 minutes to read The Distant Beautiful by Andrei Guruianu

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

Description

The inspiration for this novella of prose arose during the height of the Arab Spring. It is a hybrid narrative, one that makes use of poetic prose, reportage, literary quotes, and philosophical ruminations. Ultimately, however, it is a book of ideas as it follows an unnamed protagonist, who is a photographer, as he moves between Eastern Europe and Russia photographing a round of protests and revolutions is sweeping through the region. He falls in love with a young protester who makes him contemplate the need of beauty in art, as well as beauty futility. The book aims to raise our cultural consciousness by addressing through historical and contemporary references such topics as the limitations of memory, the transience of human life, and the futility of history; above all, the difficulties of finding beauty and meaning in a spiritually and culturally bankrupt civilization. In the end, the protagonist decides that perhaps the best way to bear this hardship is to accept--indeed, embrace and celebrate--our own impermanence and aspire to the non-attachment of Tibetan Buddhist monks. The Distant Beautiful invites readers to experience their own mortality, to accept that the Book of Life is written in Leaves of Grass. "If you want me again," Walt Whitman said, "look for me under your bootsoles

How long is The Distant Beautiful?

The Distant Beautiful by Andrei Guruianu is 115 pages long, and a total of 29,325 words.

This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 36% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Distant Beautiful Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes to read The Distant Beautiful aloud.

What Reading Level is The Distant Beautiful?

The Distant Beautiful 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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