How Long to Read Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory

How Long Does it Take to Read Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory by Roderick McGillis

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

Description

In a series of stories this book chronicles life in a small town in the 1050s. The stories involve life on one block, moving from house to house to follow the exploits of the people, especially the children, who lived on the block. The stories wander the spectrum from fantasy to the low mimetic, but whether they are openly unreal or close to the world we inhabit, they are about memory. The voice you hear in most of these stories is the voice of someone looking back, retracing the past, inventing memories, and imagining what it was like to be back there, re-feeling and re-experiencing that circumscribed world. We can't go home again, but we can imagine going home again and we do this by cross-fertilizing memory with imagination. This is the process at work here. Interestingly, memory has a way of attracting imagination. The two mental activities - remembering and imagining - are manifestations of desire, and we know how frustratingly unending desire is. Desire by definition cannot be satisfied. To satisfy desire is to end desire and to end desire is to end movement, to cease to live. Desire is, yes, an aspect of nostalgia, the longing for home, for that place of origin. Such desire may be unhealthy, yet it may also be free-floating, looking for a place to land. If it lands, it does so only until it has refueled and then it takes off again. And so if desire lands in the past, it does so only for a while. Visiting or revisiting the past is just a way of refueling for the future. Nostalgia of this kind is restorative.

How long is Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory?

Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory by Roderick McGillis is 262 pages long, and a total of 66,024 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory aloud.

What Reading Level is Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory?

Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory 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.

Where Can I Buy Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory?

Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory by Roderick McGillis is sold by several retailers and bookshops. However, Read Time works with Amazon to provide an easier way to purchase books.

To buy Around the Block; Or the Tricks of Memory by Roderick McGillis on Amazon click the button below.