How Long to Read New York-Martutene

How Long Does it Take to Read New York-Martutene?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read New York-Martutene by Joseba Gabilondo

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

Description

he present book is a critical essay on Basque literature, history, and globali-zation, which takes Ramon Saizarbitoria's novel Martutene (2012) as a starting point. Martutene, a small Basque town, in which the action of the novel takes place, becomes the setting where the protagonists deal with the consequences of North American globalization, which are mirrored by another small town in New York. Hence the title of the book: New York - Martutene. Unlike the previous most important novel of the new millennium, Kirmen Uribe's Bilbao - New York - Bilbao (2008), which idealizes globalization, Saizarbirtoria's criticizes it, hence the global emphasis of his novel: the Basque town of Martutene. Ramon Saizarbitoria's Martutene (2012) is the most important novel in the his-tory of Basque literature and, thus, is bound to become the central reference of the Basque literary canon. The novel provides a new perspective to examine recent Basque history: the long Basque 20th century (1898-2012), which is inaugurated by Sabino Arana's nationalism (1898), becomes defined by the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and ETA's armed conflict (1968-2011), and is concluded by the crisis of neoliberalism (2008- ). In his novel, Saizarbitoria painfully retraces the history of that century, masterfully sketching the central role played by the "culture of the loser" in Basque society. He does so by using the anthropological mirror of an outsider: a North American woman visiting the Basque Country, whose name, Lynn, coincides with that of the protagonist of a similar earlier reflection, Marx Frisch's Montauk (1975). Moreover, Saizarbitoria offers, in his novel, a postna-tional utopia to understand and live the newly inaugurated 21st century, even though he does so by presenting the radiography of a decadent Basque bour-geoisie anchored in the already departed 20th century. Although this class is not able to survive the advances of neoliberal globalization, its failure, ironically enough, points to a Basque utopia beyond the limits set by that very same globalization. Therefore, the literary space opened between Martutene, a town in the Basque Country, and Montauk, a similar town in New York, near the center of globalization, offers a new Basque perspective on history, culture, and globalization.

How long is New York-Martutene?

New York-Martutene by Joseba Gabilondo is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read New York-Martutene Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read New York-Martutene aloud.

What Reading Level is New York-Martutene?

New York-Martutene 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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