How Long to Read Happy Stories, Mostly

How Long Does it Take to Read Happy Stories, Mostly?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 38 minutes to read Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu

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

Description

Happy Stories, Mostly is a playful, charged and tender collection of twelve stories – a blend of speculative fiction and dark absurdism, often drawing on Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s Batak and Christian cultures. Pasaribu’s stories ask what it means to be almost happy – almost to find joy, almost to be accepted, but never quite grasp one’s desire. Joy and contentment shimmer on the horizon, just out of reach. In one story, an employee is introduced to their new workplace – a department of Heaven devoted to archiving unanswered prayers. In another, a woman on holiday in Vietnam attempts to find solace following the suicide of her son. In a third, a young man befriends a university classmate obsessed with verifying the existence of a mythical hundred-foot-tall man. Throughout the collection, queerness is a fact of life from which tragicomic events spring, amidst the forces that keep people from those whom they yearn for most, and the miraculous, melancholy ability to survive such loneliness. In the words of one of the stories’ narrators, ‘I work in the dark. Like mushrooms. I don't need light to thrive.’

How long is Happy Stories, Mostly?

Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu is 155 pages long, and a total of 39,525 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Happy Stories, Mostly Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 35 minutes to read Happy Stories, Mostly aloud.

What Reading Level is Happy Stories, Mostly?

Happy Stories, Mostly 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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