How Long to Read Postcards from the Underworld

By Sinan Antoon

How Long Does it Take to Read Postcards from the Underworld?

It takes the average reader to read Postcards from the Underworld by Sinan Antoon

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Description

A chilling poetic reflection on the world we have inherited and the destructions that made it. To confront time, pre-modern Arabic poems often began with the poet standing before the ruins, real and imagined, of a beloved's home. In Postcards from the Underworld, Sinan Antoon works in that tradition, observing the detritus of his home city, Baghdad, where he survived two wars--the Iran-Iraq War of 1980 and the First Gulf War of 1991--and which, after he left, he watched from afar being attacked during the US invasion in 2003. Antoon's poems confront violence and force us not to look away as he traces death's haunting presence in the world. Nature offers consolation, and flowers and butterflies are the poet's interlocutors, but they too cannot escape ruin. Composed in Arabic and translated into English by the poet himself, Postcards from the Underworld is a searing meditation on the destruction of humans, habitats, and homes.

How long is Postcards from the Underworld?

Postcards from the Underworld by Sinan Antoon is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Postcards from the Underworld Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Postcards from the Underworld aloud.

What Reading Level is Postcards from the Underworld?

Postcards from the Underworld is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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