How Long to Read Asylum Piece and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read Asylum Piece and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Asylum Piece and Other Stories by Anna Kavan

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

Description

This collection of stories, mostly interlinked and largely autobiographical, chart the descent of the narrator from the onset of neurosis to final incarceration in a Swiss clinic. The sense of paranoia, of persecution by a foe or force that is never given a name, evokes The Trial by Kafka, a writer with whom Kavan is often compared, although her deeply personal, restrained, and almost foreign —accented style has no true model. The same characters who recur throughout—the protagonist's unhelpful "adviser," the friend and lover who abandons her at the clinic, and an assortment of deluded...

How long is Asylum Piece and Other Stories?

Asylum Piece and Other Stories by Anna Kavan is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Asylum Piece and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Asylum Piece and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is Asylum Piece and Other Stories?

Asylum Piece and Other Stories 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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