How Long to Read Memory for Forgetfulness

How Long Does it Take to Read Memory for Forgetfulness?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Memory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud Darwish

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

Description

One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day). Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? In raising these questions, Darwish implicitly connects writing, homeland, meaning, and resistance in an ironic, condensed work that combines wit with rage. Ibrahim Muhawi's translation beautifully renders Darwish's testament to the heroism of a people under siege, and to Palestinian creativity and continuity. Sinan Antoon’s foreword, written expressly for this edition, sets Darwish’s work in the context of changes in the Middle East in the past thirty years.

How long is Memory for Forgetfulness?

Memory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud Darwish is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Memory for Forgetfulness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Memory for Forgetfulness aloud.

What Reading Level is Memory for Forgetfulness?

Memory for Forgetfulness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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