How Long to Read The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico

How Long Does it Take to Read The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 17 minutes to read The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico by A. Gabriel Meléndez

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

Description

In the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico’s Mora Valley harbors the ghosts of history: troubadours and soldiers, Plains Indians and settlers, families fleeing and finding home. There, more than a century ago, villagers collect scraps of paper documenting the valley’s history and their identity—military records, travelers’ diaries, newspaper articles, poetry, and more—and bind them into a leather portfolio known as “The Book of Archives.” When a bomb blast during the Mexican-American War scatters the book’s contents to the wind, the memory of the accounts lives on instead in the minds of Mora residents. Poets and storytellers pass down the valley’s traditions into the twentieth century, from one generation to the next. In this pathbreaking dual-language volume, author A. Gabriel Meléndez joins their ranks, continuing the retelling of Mora Valley’s tales for our time. A native of Mora with el don de la palabra, the divine gift of words, Meléndez mines historical sources and his own imagination to reconstruct the valley’s story, first in English and then in Spanish. He strings together humorous, tragic, and quotidian vignettes about historical events and unlikely occurrences, creating a vivid portrait of Mora, both in cultural memory and present reality. Local gossip and family legend intertwine with Spanish-language ballads and the poetry of New Mexico’s most famous dueling troubadours, Old Man Vilmas and the poet García. Drawing on New Mexican storytelling tradition, Meléndez weaves a colorful dual-language representation of a place whose irresistible characters and unforgettable events, and the inescapable truths they embody, still resonate today.

How long is The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico?

The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico by A. Gabriel Meléndez is 249 pages long, and a total of 64,491 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico aloud.

What Reading Level is The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico?

The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico 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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