How Long to Read On Elizabeth Bishop

How Long Does it Take to Read On Elizabeth Bishop?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read On Elizabeth Bishop by Colm Tóibín

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

Description

A compelling portrait of a beloved poet from one of today's most acclaimed novelists In this book, novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences—the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across her poetry, prose, letters, and biography, Tóibín creates a vivid picture of Bishop while also revealing how her work has helped shape his sensibility as a novelist and how her experiences of loss and exile resonate with his own. What emerges is a compelling double portrait that will intrigue readers interested in both Bishop and Tóibín. For Tóibín, the secret of Bishop's emotional power is in what she leaves unsaid. Exploring Bishop’s famous attention to detail, Tóibín describes how Bishop is able to convey great emotion indirectly, through precise descriptions of particular settings, objects, and events. He examines how Bishop’s attachment to the Nova Scotia of her childhood, despite her later life in Key West and Brazil, is related to her early loss of her parents—and how this connection finds echoes in Tóibín’s life as an Irish writer who has lived in Barcelona, New York, and elsewhere. Beautifully written and skillfully blending biography, literary appreciation, and descriptions of Tóibín’s travels to Bishop’s Nova Scotia, Key West, and Brazil, On Elizabeth Bishop provides a fresh and memorable look at a beloved poet even as it gives us a window into the mind of one of today’s most acclaimed novelists.

How long is On Elizabeth Bishop?

On Elizabeth Bishop by Colm Tóibín is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read On Elizabeth Bishop Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read On Elizabeth Bishop aloud.

What Reading Level is On Elizabeth Bishop?

On Elizabeth Bishop is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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