How Long to Read By the Rivers of Babylon

How Long Does it Take to Read By the Rivers of Babylon?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 11 minutes to read By the Rivers of Babylon by Antonio Lobo Antunes

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

Description

A profound and genre-defying work of literature about love, death, and illness from one of Portugal's most celebrated writers Incapacitated after the removal of a malignant tumor, the narrator, António, spends his days in a Lisbon hospital enduring the humiliations of severe illness. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, he revisits fragments of his life and the people who passed through it. He recalls the village where he lived as a child near the Mondego River amid the eucalyptus and pines, his parents and grandparents and their tight-knit community of potato farmers and tungsten miners, and the woman he loved--an unexpected polyphony of voices and places sounding in sharp counterpoint to debilitating pain. By the Rivers of Babylon conjures the past and the present all at once, revealing the power of memory to embolden us in the face of extraordinary suffering. This is António Lobo Antunes's homage to the beauty of a cherished life in its confrontation with imminent death.

How long is By the Rivers of Babylon?

By the Rivers of Babylon by Antonio Lobo Antunes is 246 pages long, and a total of 62,976 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 77% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read By the Rivers of Babylon Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 44 minutes to read By the Rivers of Babylon aloud.

What Reading Level is By the Rivers of Babylon?

By the Rivers of Babylon 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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