How Long to Read The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan

How Long Does it Take to Read The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan by Roger Pulvers

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

Description

Roger Pulvers has been writing fiction set in Japan for over fifty years. Now, for the first time, a collection of his very best short stories has been brought together in a single volume. Some of these stories, like the one that gives the collection its title, The Charter tells the story of a man who has chartered a boat on Tokyo's Sumida River. He is celebrating his eightieth birthday and has invited his entire family to celebrate with him. But, curiously, it is a little girl engaging with him on the deck who comes to symbolize the real love that seems absent in his 'loved ones'. The two make a promise to each other there and then that represents another kind of 'charter'. The great variety of characters encountered in these poignant and often highly humourous stories include a little boy who, it seems, will stop at nothing to get his feuding parents together again; a young woman who reconnects with an ancestor and finds love in the process; a beautiful Japanese singer who goes to Las Vegas to make it big time; a Japanese salaryman who, on an impulse, travels to Holland in search of Vermeer and loses himself instead; a naïve American who falls for a young Japanese woman, only to have to witness her modelling in the nude for a dissolute artist he despises; two young women - one Japanese, the other Indonesian - who discover that they have the same father ... and other colourful characters that give great insight into contemporary Japanese life.

How long is The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan?

The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan by Roger Pulvers is 172 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan aloud.

What Reading Level is The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan?

The Charter: And Thirteen Other Stories about Japan 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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