How Long to Read Blue Note

How Long Does it Take to Read Blue Note?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 42 minutes to read Blue Note by Fernando Contreras Castro

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

Description

Fiction. Latinx Studies. Jazz. Translated by Elaine S. Brooks. "During the first instances of emancipation, the slaves appropriated the language of those in power and their instruments. Through language they entered the culture of the oppressor, but they never renounced their music, that shined through by way of the remembered blue note...In this novel, improvisation, the essence of jazz, becomes the basis for the survival of two contexts that are distant from each other in time and space but are also united like conjoined twins that share vital organs. The musicians in the jazz sextet who play in this novel live by night and sleep by day. Chance leads them to an orphaned child whom they love unconditionally and raise outside the educational structures that, instead of educating human beings, produce replacement parts for the continuation of the System. Jazz themes are a gift from the universe, the variations, a gift from our friends who dare to improvise together. Are they not perhaps a metaphor for survival and for the attainment of freedom?"--Fernando Contreras Castro, Author's Note "BLUE NOTE is woven of two stories, one of a jazz sextet in a small Central American city, and the other of Miles Davis and his band, as told by the cat that ran around with them. Between these two stories lies the initiation of the blind child, Arturo. BLUE NOTE is an initiation for the reader, who achieves understanding of eternity in a fleeting moment; and of the value of resistance, daring to live in a state of abnormality."--Anacristina Rossi

How long is Blue Note?

Blue Note by Fernando Contreras Castro is 102 pages long, and a total of 25,704 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Blue Note Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to read Blue Note aloud.

What Reading Level is Blue Note?

Blue Note 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.

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