How Long to Read Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel by Michael Beard

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

Description

The Iranian writer Sadeq Hedayat is the most influential figure in twentieth-century Persian fiction--and the object of a kind of cult after his suicide in 1951. His masterpiece The Blind Owl is the most important novel of modern Iran. Its abrupt, tortured opening sentence, "There are sores which slowly erode the mind in solitude like a kind of canker," is one of the best known and most frequently recited passages of modern Persian. But underneath the book's uncanniness and its narrative eccentricities, Michael Beard traces an elegant pastiche of familiar Western traditions. A work of advocacy for a disturbing and powerful piece of fiction, his comprehensive analysis reveals the significance of The Blind Owl as a milestone not only for Persian writing but also for world literature. The international, decentered nature of modernist writing outside the West, typified by Hedayat's European education and wide reading in the Western canon, suggested to Beard the strategy of assessing The Blind Owl as if it were a Western novel. Viewed in this context, Hedayat's intricate chronicle challenges the very notion of a national literature, rethinking and reshaping our traditions until we are compelled, "through its eyes," to see them in a new way. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

How long is Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel?

Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel by Michael Beard is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel?

Hedayat's Blind Owl as a Western Novel 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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