It takes the average reader 3 hours and 17 minutes to read To Some Absent God by Roy Paul Madsen
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As a young artist and writer, Roy Paul Madsen was invited to be a resident at the Huntington Hartford Foundation Art Colony. While there, he met Max Eastman, the well-known radical publisher of a Communist magazine. As they became friends, Max told Roy of his recent stay in Russia, especially his time with Joseph Stalin and Stalin's wife, Nadya Stalin. Max had been very touched by what he had seen of Nadya's life and how it was impacted by Stalin's attempt to impose Communism on the Russian people. Max asked Roy to write a book about Nadya so the world could know of her struggles. Nadya's story is told here through the perceptions and narrative of Philip Makharov, a writer-historian hired by Nadya to write a biography of Stalin. Eventually, Nadya and Philip fell in love, and the growth of their relationship within the stormy birth pangs of the new Soviet Union forms the background of this novel. This is a story of idealism and disillusionment, deep love, and seething hatred. It is also a tribute to a friendship that extends beyond the grave with this fulfillment of a promise Roy Madsen made years ago to Max Eastman.
To Some Absent God by Roy Paul Madsen is 194 pages long, and a total of 49,276 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 29 minutes to read To Some Absent God aloud.
To Some Absent God is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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