How Long to Read The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar

How Long Does it Take to Read The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 42 minutes to read The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar by Moacyr Scliar

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

Description

From Brazil's most distinguished and important Jewish writer comes this anthology comprised of six collections: in The Carnival of the Animals, Scliar uses political allegory to convey what was normally censored during the height of repression under Brazil's military regime. These tragicomic stories reveal Scliar's interest in issues of oppression, persecution, holocaust, mutability, and the interplay between good and evil. The Ballad of the False Messiah develops the theme of postponement in the sense that for Jews redemption is always postponed in a vain wait for the Messiah. In The Tremulous Earth Scliar explores cruelty and violence in the tenuous lives of his characters, but his experience as a medical doctor informs his compassion for human frailty. Scliar expands his use of fantasy and magical realism in The Dwarf in the Television Set in topics that range from Jewish prophets to marital revenge. The Enigmatic Eye has been described as a masterpiece evoking the enigmas of art and life, and in Van Gogh's Ear, Scliar uses dark and subtle humor in a collection of biblical parables. Here witchcraft, magic, conundrums, and labyrinths are shown to be part of everyday life. A final autobiographical piece ties the collections together in which Scliar discusses his membership in Jewish, medical, gaucho, and Brazilian tribes. These powerful stories, individually humorous, bleak, or haunting, together bring a compelling voice of the Jewish Diaspora to the wide readership it deserves.

How long is The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar?

The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar by Moacyr Scliar is 514 pages long, and a total of 130,556 words.

This makes it 173% the length of the average book. It also has 160% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 53 minutes to read The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar aloud.

What Reading Level is The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar?

The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar 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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