How Long to Read The Art of Lying Down

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Lying Down?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 7 minutes to read The Art of Lying Down by Bernd Brunner

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

Description

“A strange and dreamy voice . . . , like an Italo Calvino short story, curiously translated from some lost, obscure language.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love An utterly charming study of the history of lying down—which is more complicated than you might think We spend a good third of our lives lying down: sleeping, dreaming, making love, thinking, reading, and getting well. Bernd Brunner’s ode to lying down is a rich exploration of cultural history and an entertaining collection of tales, ranging from the history of the mattress to the “slow living movement” to Stone Age repose—when people did not sleep lying down—and beyond. He approaches the horizontal state from a number of directions, but never loses his keen sense for the odd or unusual detail. Far from being a pose of passivity or laziness, lying down can be a protest, a chance to gather thoughts or change your point of view—the other side to our upright, productive lives. Brunner makes an eloquent case for the importance of lying down in a world that values ever-greater levels of activity, arguing that time spent horizontally offers rewards that we’d do well not to ignore.

How long is The Art of Lying Down?

The Art of Lying Down by Bernd Brunner is 125 pages long, and a total of 31,875 words.

This makes it 42% the length of the average book. It also has 39% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Art of Lying Down Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 54 minutes to read The Art of Lying Down aloud.

What Reading Level is The Art of Lying Down?

The Art of Lying Down 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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