How Long to Read Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English

How Long Does it Take to Read Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 17 minutes to read Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English by Heather Tosteson

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

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Cada lingua concebe outra eu, /every language conceives another I, / igualmente essencial, new, Heather Tosteson writes in Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English. Exploring through a new language and life in another hemisphere what it means to be in the third stage, terceira idade, of a well-lived life, the poet realizes that she has come here to live into the reality of my own mortality, a reality that holds powerful fulfillment as well as loss. In these poems she invites us to join her as she listens for unsung hymns ready to soar within single words that taste like mamao or sound like happy do; the ravishing howl of a man striding down the street, lost inside o seu som; the o puro barulho, pure hubbub of Brazilian streets; the isolation of the traveler; the restless silence of a distant, dying father; the rush of waves bringing her o lixo, trash, and o tesouro inestimavel, priceless treasure. "The inventive interplay of the two languages in Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English reminds me of the lively bi-tonal musical compositions of Prokofiev or Darius Milhaud. Every thought contains its counterpart, spoken or unspoken; every memory even the most painful has another side. Anger shapes some of the poems as want shapes waste, but love is ever present, dizzy with glee and grief. Dazzling!" Fred Chappell, author of Midquest and Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems, recipient of the T.S. Eliot, Bollingen, and Aiken Taylor Prizes; North Carolina Poet Laureate "Heather Tosteson's openness to experience is reflected in the openness, range, and breadth of her poems, which want to take in A.R.Ammons' 'nothing less than everything.' She is an instinctive poet. She is bold, direct, subversive and original in the explosive ways in which she confronts the limits of human possibility through those made possible through language. Don't miss this." Mark Rudman, author of The Rider Quintet, for which he received The National Book Critics Circle Award

How long is Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English?

Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English by Heather Tosteson is 76 pages long, and a total of 19,456 words.

This makes it 26% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 46 minutes to read Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English aloud.

What Reading Level is Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English?

Breathing in Portuguese, Living in English is suitable for students ages 8 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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