It takes the average reader 7 hours and 20 minutes to read Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West by Suzanne Conklin Akbari
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Few figures from history evoke such vivid Orientalist associations as Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer whose accounts of the "Far East" sparked literary and cultural imaginations. The essays in Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West challenge what many scholars perceived to be an opposition of "East" and "West" in Polo's writings. These writers argue that Marco Polo's experiences along the Silk Road should instead be considered a fertile interaction of cultural exchange. The volume begins with detailed studies of Marco Polo's narrative in its many medieval forms...
Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West by Suzanne Conklin Akbari is 440 pages long, and a total of 110,000 words.
This makes it 148% the length of the average book. It also has 134% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 1 minute to read Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West aloud.
Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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