How Long to Read Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage

How Long Does it Take to Read Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 13 minutes to read Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage by Yuz Aleshkovsky

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

Description

Among contemporary Russian writers, Yuz Aleshkovsky stands out for his vivid imagination, his mixing of realism and fantasy, and his virtuosic use of the rich tradition of Russian obscene language. These two novels, written in the 1970s, display Aleshkovsky’s linguistic gifts and keen observations of Soviet life. Nikolai Nikolaevich begins when its titular hero, a pickpocket by trade, is released from prison after World War II and finds a job in a Moscow biological laboratory. Starting out as a kind of janitor, he is soon recruited to provide sperm for strange experiments intended to create life in the Andromeda galaxy. The hero finds himself at the center of the 1948 purge of biological science in the Soviet Union, in a transgressive tale that joins science fiction (and science fact) with gulag slang and a love story. The protagonist and narrator of Camouflage is an alcoholic who claims that he and his gang of friends are just one part of a vast camouflaging operation organized by the Party to hide the Soviet Union’s underground military-industrial complex from the CIA’s spy satellites. As they pass their time on the streets and share their alcohol-inspired fantasies, they see the stark reality of the Cold War in Russia in the late seventies. Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage introduces English-speaking readers to a master of the comic first-person narrative.

How long is Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage?

Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage by Yuz Aleshkovsky is 247 pages long, and a total of 63,479 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 46 minutes to read Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage aloud.

What Reading Level is Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage?

Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage 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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