How Long to Read Letters to the Future

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters to the Future?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Letters to the Future by Richard Lourie

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

Description

To fill the void that resulted from the shattering of his Marxist beliefs, Andrei Sinyavsky invented Abram Tertz. Weaving together biography and keen literary insights, this book traces the metamorphosis of Sinyavsky, teacher and critic, into Tertz, clandestine writer of fantastical fiction. It reviews the crises in Soviet society before and after Stalin's death, and describes the loss of faith that precipitated Sinyavsky 's dual existence, ending with the writer's arrest, trial, and imprisonment in 1966. Sympathetic yet critical, Mr. Lourie treats all of Sinyavsky's pretrial writings. He discusses The Trial Begins, Thought Unaware, On Socialist Realism, The Fantastic Stories, and The Makepeace Experiment as works of art and as visible signs of complex and changing relationships. Each work is assessed in the context within which it was written, and is compared with other Russian works and with contemporary Polish, European, and American writings. Sinyavsky's literary criticism, published in Russia under his own name, is evaluated on its own terms and in the light of his fiction. In addition to all of the published writings, Mr. Lourie makes full use of the record of Sinyavsky's trial, reminiscences of his friends, and the small body of critical literature available. The book provides not only a balanced and eloquent appraisal of the life and art of a modern Russian master, but it offers an extraordinary view into the mind of a Soviet intellectual.

How long is Letters to the Future?

Letters to the Future by Richard Lourie is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters to the Future Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Letters to the Future aloud.

What Reading Level is Letters to the Future?

Letters to the Future 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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