How Long to Read A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories by Karen M. Vaughn

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

Description

Isaac Rubinstein has no choice but to kill himself. He's in love with Rudolf Valentino, and now Valentino is dead. His acolytes are committing suicide all over the city. The window to definitively display his devotion is closing, and for once the New York tenement apartment he shares with his mother, his grandmother, and his siblings is quiet. It has to be now. Unless he doesn't, because his grandmother calls out for him right before the blade touches his skin. Unless he does, and the cuts bleed away his heart's blood. In Karen M. Vaughn's romantic and darkly funny melodrama, Isaac Rubinstein does both. Dies, and is united with his beautiful Valentino. Lives, and finds a reason to live. A Kiss for a Dead Film Star is an astonishing debut collection of stories that inspire weird love and uncover surprising caches of eroticism. A museum T-Rex fossil awakens and contemplates his existential crisis. A devoted and loving wife copes with the inevitable loss of her handsome husband with an unusual provenance when he grows scales and a tail before her desperate eyes. A woman at the nadir of a breakup hears a song in a dingy bar and becomes rapturously, gloriously pregnant with a child made from song. A lemon grove that has sheltered a family of migrant workers reveals their secrets when their small daughter removes her own arm. Polyamory, the cosmos, and the end of the world serve as the angel of death for a wry scientist at the end of her life. Psycho-medical-magical realism intertwines with old and new New York City, epic love stories, and tales best told in the smoky alleys behind bars or beneath the covers. Karen Vaughn's capacious imagination and remarkable voice glitter--this collection is a comet that comes around rarely.

How long is A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories?

A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories by Karen M. Vaughn is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories?

A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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