It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories by Hisaye Yamamoto
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories brings together fifteen stories that span Hisaye Yamamoto's forty-year career. It was her first book to be published in the United States. Yamamoto's themes include the cultural conflicts between the first generation, the Issei and their children, the Nisei; coping with prejudice; and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans.
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories by Hisaye Yamamoto is 178 pages long, and a total of 45,924 words.
This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories aloud.
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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