It takes the average reader 2 hours and 16 minutes to read Always Astonished by Fernando Pessoa
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"After looking for him in the poems, we search for him in the prose. The pursuit of the Other in Pessoa's work is never-ending," writes Edwin Honig. Essential to understanding the great Portuguese poet are the essays written about (and by) his heteronyms-Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, and Alvaro de Campos-the several pseudonyms under which he wrote an extraordinary body of poetry. In Always Astonished, Pessoa and his several selves debate and discuss one another's work, revealing how Portuguese modernism was shaped. Fernando Pessoa is one of the great voices of twentieth-century literature,...
Always Astonished by Fernando Pessoa is 134 pages long, and a total of 34,036 words.
This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 5 minutes to read Always Astonished aloud.
Always Astonished is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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