How Long to Read Afro-Cuban Tales

How Long Does it Take to Read Afro-Cuban Tales?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Afro-Cuban Tales by Lydia Cabrera

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

Description

As much a storyteller as an ethnographer, Lydia Cabrera was captivated by a strange and magical new world revealed to her by her Afro-Cuban friends in early twentieth-century Havana. In Afro-Cuban Tales this world comes to teeming life, introducing English-speaking readers to a realm of tenuous boundaries between the natural and the supernatural, deities and mortals, the spiritual and the seemingly inanimate. Here readers will find a vibrant, imaginative record of African culture transplanted to Cuba and transformed over time, a passionate and subversive alternative to the dominant Western culture of the Americas. In this charmed realm of myth and legend, imaginative flights, and hard realities, Cabrera shows us a world turned upside down. In this domain guinea hens can make dour Asturians and the king of Spain dance; little fat cooking pots might prepare their own meals; the pope can send encyclicals about pumpkins; and officials can be defeated by the shrewdness of turtles. The first English translation of one of the most important writers on African culture in the Americas, the collection provides a fascinating view of how African traditions, myths, stories, and religions traveled to the New World?of how, in their tales, Africans in the Americas created a New World all their own.

How long is Afro-Cuban Tales?

Afro-Cuban Tales by Lydia Cabrera is 193 pages long, and a total of 48,829 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Afro-Cuban Tales Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Afro-Cuban Tales aloud.

What Reading Level is Afro-Cuban Tales?

Afro-Cuban Tales 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.

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

Where Can I Buy Afro-Cuban Tales?

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