How Long to Read The Birthday Party

How Long Does it Take to Read The Birthday Party?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 40 minutes to read The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier

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

Description

A painter contends with the ghosts of the French countryside in a psychological literary thriller by a major French writer. An eccentric Parisian artist moves to La Bassée, a hamlet in the French countryside, to work on her paintings in peace. The town has only three other inhabitants: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family's farm, his wife, Marion, and their daughter, Ida. When the artist receives an anonymous poison-pen letter in the mail--and then another one, delivered by hand--she wonders who would wish to disturb her and the village's peace. Over the course of the novel, Mauvignier follows these four characters' lives, telescoping from broad landscapes to gauzy recollections, building toward a menacing finish. Written in rhythmic prose that doubles back as it traverses time, The Birthday Party asks whether we can ever escape our past--whether, in its attention to the minutiae of daily life, such a thing as a quiet life exists. As the artist works to exorcise obsessions through her paintings, and her neighbors are revisited by past decisions, we understand that even a place long "destined to languish, a world uniquely fated to narrow," has a history they must contend with. The Birthday Party is the magnum opus by a major French writer.

How long is The Birthday Party?

The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier is 640 pages long, and a total of 160,000 words.

This makes it 216% the length of the average book. It also has 196% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Birthday Party Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 34 minutes to read The Birthday Party aloud.

What Reading Level is The Birthday Party?

The Birthday Party 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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