It takes the average reader 3 hours and 25 minutes to read Frontiers by Shama Futehally
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One Of India'S Finest Prose Stylists, Shama Futehally (1952 2004) Was Also Among The Country'S Most Accomplished Writers Of Short Fiction In English. This Posthumous Collection Brings Together All Her Short Stories, Written Over Two Decades. The First And Title Story Also The Last That She Wrote Is A Fictionalized Account Of The Uphaar Cinema Tragedy In Delhi And Was Originally Intended As A Novella. Yet, Even In Its Present Form We See The Exceptional Skill With Which Futehally Presents People And Events Whether It Is The Wealth Of Intimate Details That Make Up Individual Lives, Or The Subtle But Always Effective Awareness Of Larger Social Realities. Such Skill, And The Ability To Lay Open Whole Worlds Of Experience In Spare, Pared Down Prose, Is Evident In All The Other Stories, Where We Enter The Lives Of Maidservants And Memsaabs, Riot Victims And Victims Of Fate, Wives And Husbands, Mothers-In-Law And Daughters-In-Law. Shama Futehally'S Deeply Felt Stories Demonstrate Her Command Over Her Craft, And Her Sensitive Understanding Of The Politics Of Class And Gender And, Finally, Of Human Nature Itself.
Frontiers by Shama Futehally is 203 pages long, and a total of 51,359 words.
This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Frontiers aloud.
Frontiers is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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