How Long to Read A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On

How Long Does it Take to Read A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 44 minutes to read A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On by Kai-cheung Dung

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

Description

Dung Kai-cheung’s A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On is a playful and imaginative glimpse into the consumerist dreamscape of late-nineties Hong Kong. First published in 1999, it comprises ninety-nine sketches of life just after the handover of the former British colony to China. Each of these stories in miniature begins from a piece of ephemera, usually consumer products or pop culture phenomena, and develops alternately comic and poignant snapshots of urban life. Dung’s sketches center on once-trendy items that evoke the world at the turn of the millennium, such as Hello Kitty, Final Fantasy VIII, a Windows 98 disk, a clamshell mobile phone, Air Jordans, and cargo shorts. The protagonist of each piece, typically a young woman, is struck by an odd, even overriding obsession with an object or fad. Characters embark on brief dalliances or relationships lasting no longer than the fashions that sparked them. Dung blends vivid everyday details—Portuguese egg tarts, Japanese TV shows, the Hong Kong subway—with situations that are often fantastical or preposterous. This catalog of vanished products illuminates how people use objects to define and even invent their own selves. A major work from one of Hong Kong’s most gifted and original writers, Dung’s archaeology of the end of the twentieth century speaks to perennial questions about consumerism, nostalgia, and identity.

How long is A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On?

A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On by Kai-cheung Dung is 218 pages long, and a total of 56,244 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 7 minutes to read A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On aloud.

What Reading Level is A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On?

A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On 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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