It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read A Bright Soothing Noise by Peter Brown
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2010. The title, A Bright Soothing Noise, refers to the sound that fire makes, promising not only warmth and light but also violence and destruction. Brown's greatest hero is Frank O'Connor, and like O'Connor's his stories uncover the final bleakness of a national life but in the same moment glow with its promise of love and life and belonging. Brown's Americans will try almost anything to connect. They tend to drink too much, to drive too fast, are a little too violent in their passions and even a little too religious. Too often...
A Bright Soothing Noise by Peter Brown is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.
This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read A Bright Soothing Noise aloud.
A Bright Soothing Noise is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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