How Long to Read The Blinding Star

How Long Does it Take to Read The Blinding Star?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 6 minutes to read The Blinding Star by Blanca Varela

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

Description

Poetry. Latinx Studies. Translated by Lisa Allen Ortiz and Sara Daniele Rivera. THE BLINDING STAR collects selected new translations of poems by the Peruvian poet Blanca Varela and includes two of her most experimental works in their entirety: The Book of Clay and Animal Concert. Although Varela has been categorized as a surrealist, this collection reframes her work as existentially feminist. There is nothing arbitrary in Varela's serrated language and carnal obsessions. She is telling the story of a woman's liminal being--her body as both a vessel of expectations and a vast unmapped interior. Octavio Paz described Varela's work as "Both the wound and the knife," and this collection emphasizes the duality of her poetry. These poems journey inward through dark gardens to expose the wound of grief and outward again with sharp clarity. Blanca Varela is a singular artist, furiously searching for fragments of brightness in the merciless landscape of her own mind.

How long is The Blinding Star?

The Blinding Star by Blanca Varela is 184 pages long, and a total of 46,736 words.

This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 57% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Blinding Star Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 15 minutes to read The Blinding Star aloud.

What Reading Level is The Blinding Star?

The Blinding Star 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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