How Long to Read Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York

How Long Does it Take to Read Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York by Philip Sultz

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

Description

This critically acclaimed collection of very short stories about postwar Buffalo, New York—illustrated in color with the author’s own collages—is now available in paperback. "It all began in Buffalo between World War II and the Korean Conflict, as it was called, when the guys would meet up late at night in a diner for their brand of fellowship. They were mostly high school graduates in their late teens and early twenties, the sons of immigrant families. It didn’t matter; there was little trace of that showing. They didn’t look or act alike, but they had a sense of who they were, sort of proud for some reason, without much to show for it.” —from the Introduction At the center of the group was Arnie. He might have been selling real estate for the time being, but he always had his eye on the next thing—Christmas tree farming, perhaps, or uranium mining. Then there were Moe, who had a gas station and garage, and Barney, who drove a truck for Pop’s Pies. Observing it all was an art student working odd jobs to afford his paints and brushes—Phil. In 110 vignettes about Arnie and the guys, Philip Sultz presents a fictionalized portrait of the working-class Buffalo of his youth. He also vividly sketches the downtown Manhattan of those days, where his protagonists are drawn to study and to work. These stories—by turns funny and poignant, perfectly told and full of telling details—evoke not only the life of two cities, but the atmosphere of postwar America. Even in shadow of McCarthyism and the atom bomb, it was a time emblematic of possibility and change. Lake Effect Days is illustrated with color reproductions of Sultz’s critically acclaimed collages, which echo the text in their formal perfection and add new layers of allusion.

How long is Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York?

Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York by Philip Sultz is 133 pages long, and a total of 33,649 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 41% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York aloud.

What Reading Level is Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York?

Lake Effect Days: Brief Stories of Buffalo New York 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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