How Long to Read Scenes in America Deserta

How Long Does it Take to Read Scenes in America Deserta?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Scenes in America Deserta by Reyner Banham

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

Description

In Scenes in America Deserta, Reyner Banham steps aside from his familiar role as an architectural historian and confesses himself a delighted, intrigued, but puzzled visitor to the arid lands of the American Southwest. What delights Banham most is visual pleasure, and this book is first and foremost a celebration of the pure visual response of a four-wheeled voyeur. What intrigues him is the works of man - the ancient pueblos and the modern observatories, the fantasies of Las Vegas and the Spanish missions, Frank Lloyd Wright and Paolo Soleri. What puzzles him is his response as the archetypal British tourist - the discovery that the desert is beautiful in his eyes in a way that no other landscape has ever been. This unsettling discovery sends Banham on a search for the roots of this response. He seeks explanations in the works of writers is various as Gaston Bachelard, Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury early historians and explorers, the American solitary and aesthete John van Dyke (author of the classic The Desert, and Charles Doughty the English Arabist (author of Travels in Arabia Deserta).

How long is Scenes in America Deserta?

Scenes in America Deserta by Reyner Banham is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Scenes in America Deserta Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read Scenes in America Deserta aloud.

What Reading Level is Scenes in America Deserta?

Scenes in America Deserta 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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