It takes the average reader 2 hours and 43 minutes to read A Strange Commonplace by Gilbert Sorrentino
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The author of Mulligan Stew presents “a savage, baffling and beguiling novel about the wreckage that infidelity leaves behind” (Kirkus Reviews). Borrowing its title from a William Carlos Williams poem, A Strange Commonplace lays bare the secrets and dreams of characters whose lives are intertwined by coincidence and necessity, possessions and experience. From the boozy 1950s to the culturally vacuous present, through the jungle of city streets and suburban bedroom communities, lines blur between families and acquaintances, violence and love, hope and despair. As fathers try to connect with...
A Strange Commonplace by Gilbert Sorrentino is 158 pages long, and a total of 40,764 words.
This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 42 minutes to read A Strange Commonplace aloud.
A Strange Commonplace 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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