How Long to Read Cuban Fiestas

How Long Does it Take to Read Cuban Fiestas?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 45 minutes to read Cuban Fiestas by Roberto González Echevarría

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

Description

A luminous history of Cuba’s most dynamic and defining rituals and the ever-improvisational character of Cuban culture In the Cuban town of Sagua la Grande, a young Roberto González Echevarría peers out the window of his family home on the morning of the Nochebuena fiesta as preparations begin for the slaughter of a feast day pig. The author recalls “watching them at a distance, though thinking, fearing, that once I grew older I would have to participate in the whole event.” Now an acclaimed scholar of Latin American literature, González Echevarría returns to the rituals that defined his young life in Cuban Fiestas. Drawing from art, literature, film, and even the national sport of baseball, he vividly reveals the fiesta as a dynamic force of both destruction and renewal in the life of a people. Roberto González Echevarría masterfully exposes the distinctive elements of the fiesta cubana that give depth and coherence to more than two centuries of Cuban cultural life. Reaching back to nineteenth-century traditions of Cuban art and literature, and augmenting them, in the twentieth, with the arts of narrative, the esthetic performances of sport and entertainment in nightclubs, on the baseball diamond, and in movie theaters, Cuban Fiestas renders the lilting strains of the fiesta and drum beats of the passage of time as keys to understanding the dynamic quality of Cuban culture. González Echevarría’s explorations are also illuminated by autobiographical vignettes that unveil the ever-shifting impact of the fiesta on the author’s own story of exile and return.

How long is Cuban Fiestas?

Cuban Fiestas by Roberto González Echevarría is 515 pages long, and a total of 131,325 words.

This makes it 174% the length of the average book. It also has 160% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cuban Fiestas Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 57 minutes to read Cuban Fiestas aloud.

What Reading Level is Cuban Fiestas?

Cuban Fiestas 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.

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