How Long to Read Grasshoppers' Eyes

How Long Does it Take to Read Grasshoppers' Eyes?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 16 minutes to read Grasshoppers' Eyes by Ko Hyeong-Ryeol

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

Description

The poems of Ko Hyeong-Ryeol are mostly inspired by the landscapes and cityscapes of Korea, occasionally echoing journeys to other lands. The poet allows his memories and imagination free reign so that his poems escape from the limits of naturalistic description and invite the reader to sense both the interrelatedness and the impermanence of all things. Many poems are reflections of the Buddhist sense of unreality, the discontinuity of time and matter. Ko Hyeong-ryeol grew up in the shadow of Mount Seorak, a wild, rocky mountain in the East of Korea, and many poems return to it. These translations make his work available in English for the first time. KO HYEONG-RYEOL was born in 1954 in Sokcho, Gangwon-do, on the East coast of Korea just south of the DMZ, at the foot of Mount Seorak. In 1985 he began to work as editor-in-chief responsible for poetry in the Changbi publishing company, a position he held for some twenty years before retiring in 2005. He now lives in Yangpyeong, to the east of Seoul. BROTHER ANTHONY OF TAIZE has lived in Korea since 1980. He taught English literature in Sogang University, Seoul, for more than twenty years. He has published over forty volumes of Korean poetry in English translation, including ten volumes of work by Ko Un and Fifteen Seconds Without Sorrow by Shim Bo-Seon (Parlor Press, 2016). He was recently awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth. LEE HYUNG-JIN received his doctorate in comparative literature at Penn State University and is a professor of translation studies in the School of English at Sookmyung Women's University, in Seoul. His translations of Korean poetry with Brother Anthony include Walking on a Washing Line: Poems of Kim Seung-hee.

How long is Grasshoppers' Eyes?

Grasshoppers' Eyes by Ko Hyeong-Ryeol is 134 pages long, and a total of 34,036 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Grasshoppers' Eyes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 5 minutes to read Grasshoppers' Eyes aloud.

What Reading Level is Grasshoppers' Eyes?

Grasshoppers' Eyes is suitable for students ages 10 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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