How Long to Read Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America

How Long Does it Take to Read Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America by Michael Naas

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

Description

Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo's America is a fresh and engaging study of “last things” in Don DeLillo's works-things like death, mourning, and the decline of the American empire, but then also the apocalypse, the last judgment, and the end of the world more generally. Michael Naas untangles complex themes in short, witty chapters that highlight and celebrate DeLillo's inventive and playful writing, employing a novel approach to literary criticism. Making no use of secondary sources, the book is entirely a discussion of DeLillo's work, accessible to any level of readership while maintaining a firm grasp of the theory necessary to make this unique argument. And yet, this book is also about all the things that double or shadow those last things in the very same works, like the wonder of language or the radiance of everyday events. From Americana (1971) up through Zero K (2016) and The Silence (2020), and perhaps like no other American author, Don DeLillo has created meaning by contrasting, juxtaposing or, as Naas calls it here, “contrabanding” first and last things, conflicting or opposing forces such as life and death, creation and destruction, consumption and waste, everyday wonder and apocalyptic ruin, the origins of language and the end of the world. In his adept demonstration of how DeLillo has returned repeatedly to these “last things,” Naas shows how the works of Don DeLillo have been there for more than half a century to remind us of one simple and yet profound truth-nothing lasts forever.

How long is Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America?

Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America by Michael Naas is 273 pages long, and a total of 69,069 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America aloud.

What Reading Level is Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America?

Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America 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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