How Long to Read Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever

How Long Does it Take to Read Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever by Marie Clements

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

Description

The two one-act plays in Talker's Town and The Girl Who Swam Forever are set in a small northern B.C. mill town in the 1960s. They portray identical characters and action from entirely different gender and cultural perspectives. In many ways, the two separate works are inter-related coming-of-age stories, with transformation as a key theme. The central action in both plays involves an Aboriginal girl, Roberta Bob, who escapes from a residential school and hides out by the river. In Nelson Gray's Talker's Town, the story is conveyed by a teenage non-Indigenous boy whose friend has had a relationship with the girl and whose attempts to hush up the affair lead to disastrous consequences. In Marie Clements's The Girl Who Swam Forever, the action unfolds from the perspective of the girl, who - to claim her past and secure her future - must undergo a shape-shifting transformation and meet her grandmother's ancestral spirit in the form of a hundred-year-old sturgeon. Employing a single setting and working with the same set of characters, the playwrights have created two radically different fictional worlds, one Aboriginal and one non-Aboriginal. Published together, the plays form a fascinating diptych that reveals rifts between Indigenous and colonial/settler histories and provides a vehicle for cultural exchange. As a starting point for trans-cultural dialogue, this set of plays will be of interest to educators, theatre directors, and the general reader interested in the current discourse arising from Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Idle No More, and the Indigenous Rights Movement happening throughout North America. Read as a set, these two plays also invite conversations about negotiating creative boundaries, particularly with respect to eco-centric politics and cultural appropriation. Talker's Town: cast of 5 men and 1 woman. The Girl Who Swam Forever: cast of 2 women and 2 men.

How long is Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever?

Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever by Marie Clements is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever aloud.

What Reading Level is Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever?

Talker's Town and the Girl Who Swam Forever 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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