How Long to Read Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening

How Long Does it Take to Read Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening by Stephen Kuusisto

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

Description

A memoir of blindness and listening rendered with a poet's delight by the author of the acclaimed Planet of the Blind. Blind people are not casual listeners. Blind since birth, Stephen Kuusisto recounts with a poet's sense of detail the surprise that comes when we are actively listening to our surroundings. There is an art to eavesdropping. Like Annie Dillard's An American Childhood or Dorothy Allison's One or Two Things I Know for Sure, Kuusisto's memoir highlights periods of childhood when a writer first becomes aware of his curiosity and imagination. As a boy he listened to Caruso records...

How long is Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening?

Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening by Stephen Kuusisto is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening aloud.

What Reading Level is Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening?

Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening 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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