How Long to Read Memories of Mount Qilai

How Long Does it Take to Read Memories of Mount Qilai?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Memories of Mount Qilai by Yang Mu

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

Description

Hualien, on the Pacific coast of eastern Taiwan, and its mountains, especially Mount Qilai, were deeply inspirational for the young poet Yang Mu. A place of immense natural beauty and cultural heterogeneity, the city was also a site of extensive social, political, and cultural change in the twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and the American bombings of World War II to the Chinese civil war, the White Terror, and the Cold War. Taken as a whole, these evocative and allusive autobiographical essays provide a personal response to history as Taiwan transitioned from a Japanese colony to the Republic of China. Yang Mu recounts his childhood experiences under the Japanese, life in the mountains in proximity to indigenous people as his family took refuge from the American bombings, his initial encounters and cultural conflicts with Nationalist soldiers recently arrived from mainland China, the subsequent activities of the Nationalist government to consolidate power, and the island's burgeoning new manufacturing society. Nevertheless, throughout those early years, Yang Mu remained anchored by a sense of place on Taiwan's eastern coast and amid its coastal mountains, over which stands Mount Qilai like a guardian spirit. This was the formative milieu of the young poet. Yang Mu seized on verse to develop a distinct persona and draw meaning from the currents of change reshuffling his world. These eloquent essays create an exciting, subjective realm meant to transcend the personal and historical limitations of the individual and the end of culture, "plundered and polluted by politics and industry long ago."

How long is Memories of Mount Qilai?

Memories of Mount Qilai by Yang Mu is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Memories of Mount Qilai Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Memories of Mount Qilai aloud.

What Reading Level is Memories of Mount Qilai?

Memories of Mount Qilai is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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