How Long to Read Notes on the Past Imperfect

How Long Does it Take to Read Notes on the Past Imperfect?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Notes on the Past Imperfect by Sean Walsh

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

Description

Not easy to define - literary fiction, a kind of memoir, somewhat autobiographical... Alternative title: Phone Calls, Recalls and Spilt Milk. Chapters/Books/Sections... A mosaic of sorts. My favourite format? Radio Drama. By far. At its very best the listener is a fly-on-the-wall: eavesdropping, over-hearing, listening in, privy to the most intimate, soul-searching monologue, revealing dialogue... I worked in RTE's Drama Department for some 16 years in the '70's, '80's - directing, producing, scripting, editing. During that period I wrote and produced some of my own plays - well received and reviewed for the most part, they were subsequently broadcast by the BBC and, in translation, on European networks. Later... some years into my (early) retirement... it began to occur to me: six of my scripts were inter-related, in the same mould/vein, out of the same stable, so to speak... The same voice/voices... similar, complementary story-lines... So, Sean, re-work them as chapters/sections/ in print format and hey, you have yourself a book! If my work shows a heavy influence dating back to that time, well, I make no apologies for that... Writing "within myself" - for sure... 'Will make you forget you are reading a book..?" Again, for sure. I write, speak, hear Hiberno-English. (English as it is spoken in Ireland, in my city, Dublin.) I avoid the traditional narrative format for the most part; I prefer direct speech - monologue, dialogue. (I've left out the bits the readers would skip, anyway!) Six parts in all. Set in Ireland in the early 80's - important. (Before Civil Divorce became law, etc.) Each chapter is self-contained, just about; yet each complements the others... Moves forward and backwards - sometimes sideways! Disjointed narrative - rather than neatly joined together... Sometimes I knew where I was going - or so I thought. Sometimes I was drawing a chain out of muddy water - a link at a time. Kept putting it aside, it kept re-surfacing, demanding to be written... Six Chapters in Search of a readership!.. Warning! If your need is to be spoon-fed. If you have little desire to be challenged, mentally stimulated, if you wish to be left untouched in your comfort zone, if you have no stomach for the fray... then NOTES ON THE PAST IMPERFECT is not the book for you!

How long is Notes on the Past Imperfect?

Notes on the Past Imperfect by Sean Walsh is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Notes on the Past Imperfect Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Notes on the Past Imperfect aloud.

What Reading Level is Notes on the Past Imperfect?

Notes on the Past Imperfect 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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