How Long to Read Left-Handed Dreams

How Long Does it Take to Read Left-Handed Dreams?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Left-Handed Dreams by Francesca Duranti

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

Description

An Italian professor seeks to understand her own mind—and heart: “An elegant and engaging writer who treats serious questions with wit and grace” (The Wall Street Journal). Martina Satriano, an Italian professor of cultural history at New York University, observes the great American city with admiration and gratitude, but from an outsider’s perspective. She is a sublime cook, she loves her job, she has occasional erotic adventures, but Martina is a lonely woman whose real passion is a “machine” that she has built to assist in her cultural research and which she uses to record her dreams. These recordings, infused with the memories of her childhood and early career, begin to reveal a tangle of second guesses and insecurities about the path she has chosen. Then, when she returns briefly to Italy to attend her mother’s funeral, Martina discovers that she may have been born left-handed but was trained to be right-handed. Back in New York, struggling with this new revelation, this possible suppression of an identity, she meets a high-culture Italian official who tempts her to return to Italy with a prestigious job offer. While weighing her options, she quite unexpectedly meets up again with her first great love, a man she has not seen in more than twenty years. Just as in Duranti’s internationally acclaimed best-selling The House on Moon Lake, the question of destiny is at the heart of Left-Handed Dreams. Can Martina resist the urge to treat life as a puzzle that she can somehow deconstruct and solve? Indeed, by the end of this taut and resonant novel, this expatriate must learn the essence of “naturalezza,” an Italian word that means “a way of being, of feeling without always being aware of one’s being.” Her story, infused with all the luscious food she prepares and enjoys with the men who come into her life, makes this a delectable, provocative read.

How long is Left-Handed Dreams?

Left-Handed Dreams by Francesca Duranti is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Left-Handed Dreams Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Left-Handed Dreams aloud.

What Reading Level is Left-Handed Dreams?

Left-Handed Dreams 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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