How Long to Read Shades of the City

How Long Does it Take to Read Shades of the City?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 13 minutes to read Shades of the City by S M Fasiullah

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

Description

SHADES OF THE CITY is a collection of Indian short stories that revolve around Hyderabad, a historic place and ever-attractive destination that not only possesses secrets from history but also showcases best of art, architecture and culture of various people. The stories in this collection reveal different shades of the city, bringing into limelight various cultures and historical events. The collection starts with 'A Sufi’s Charm', a story about a man’s quest to find solution for his trapped house at a Sufi’s dargah. The story of 'Curfew', narrated symbolically, intertwines real curfew in the city with the self-imposed curfew of a woman on her body. 'Dakhma' revolves around a Parsi character Shohrab, his tavern and the Parsee culture while revisiting history of the city. At the heart of 'A House’s Sake' is a widow’s desire to own a house, which she gets in the colony of beedi workers but loses during riots. In 'Depths of Pain', separation and alienation take center stage when the sister had to migrate from the city to another country for better living in post-Partition situation. The last one is 'Operation Irani Chai', a story about mosquitoes and their struggle for survival narrated by a mosquito Five of the stories in this collection are translations of Urdu short stories of BAIG EHSAS, a Sahitya Akademi winner from Hyderabad.

How long is Shades of the City?

Shades of the City by S M Fasiullah is 132 pages long, and a total of 33,264 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 41% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shades of the City Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 1 minute to read Shades of the City aloud.

What Reading Level is Shades of the City?

Shades of the City is suitable for students ages 10 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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