How Long to Read Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

How Long Does it Take to Read Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas

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

Description

The first biography of Shirley Hazzard, the author of The Transit of Venus and a writer of “shocking wisdom” and “intellectual thrill” (The New Yorker). Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life tells the extraordinary story of a great modern novelist. Brigitta Olubas, Hazzard’s authorized biographer, has drawn, with great subtlety and understanding, on her fiction; on an extensive archive of letters, diaries, and notebooks; and on the memories of surviving friends and colleagues to create this resonant portrait of an exceptional woman. This biography explores the distinctive times of Hazzard’s life, from her youth and middle age to her widowhood and years of decline, and traces the complex and intricate processes of self-fashioning that lay beneath Hazzard’s formidable, beguiling presence. Olubas shows us the places of Hazzard’s life, of which she wrote with characteristic lyricism, accompanied by rare photographs from Hazzard’s collection and elsewhere. Hazzard was the last of a generation of self-taught writers, devotees of a great literary tradition, and her depth of perception and expressive gifts have earned her iconic status. Olubas has brought her brilliantly alive, enhancing and deepening our understanding of the singular woman who created some of the most enduring fiction of the past sixty years. As Dwight Garner wrote in The New York Times, “Hazzard’s stories feel timeless because she understands, as she writes in one of them: ‘We are human beings, not rational ones.’” Here, in Shirley Hazzard, is the story of a remarkable human being.

How long is Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life?

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas is 388 pages long, and a total of 100,104 words.

This makes it 131% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 7 minutes to read Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life aloud.

What Reading Level is Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life?

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life 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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