How Long to Read Shimmering Details, Volume I

How Long Does it Take to Read Shimmering Details, Volume I?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 56 minutes to read Shimmering Details, Volume I by Péter Nádas

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

Description

The magnum opus of one of Europe's greatest living writers. “Instead of a chronicle, a person tends to manufacture legends when he relates the story of his life for others,” Péter Nádas writes in his fiction masterpiece, Parallel Stories. Now, in his illuminating memoir, Shimmering Details, the renowned author investigates what it means to reconstruct a life without recourse to the techniques and embellishments of traditional storytelling. Taking his firmly imbedded memories—the “shimmering details” that give this work its title—as his starting point, Nádas dissects them using a method inspired by Freudian dream interpretation. Sounds, scenes, smells, feelings—all are probed for details that might allow him to reconstruct what happened, and when and where. In order to avoid conscious or unconscious distortions, he deconstructs the stories of others, too—moving in concentric circles toward cause and effect, until their meaning and significance come to light. In Shimmering Details, Volume I, Nádas probes the history of his family from the late 19th century to his birth in 1942 and beyond. In a work that encompasses World War II and the Hungarian Revolution, Nádas traces the hidden connections between the seemingly random events of a life and assembles them into a memoir like no other.

How long is Shimmering Details, Volume I?

Shimmering Details, Volume I by Péter Nádas is 592 pages long, and a total of 149,184 words.

This makes it 200% the length of the average book. It also has 182% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shimmering Details, Volume I Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 35 minutes to read Shimmering Details, Volume I aloud.

What Reading Level is Shimmering Details, Volume I?

Shimmering Details, Volume I 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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Where Can I Buy Shimmering Details, Volume I?

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