How Long to Read The Death of Mr. Baltisberger

How Long Does it Take to Read The Death of Mr. Baltisberger?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 39 minutes to read The Death of Mr. Baltisberger by Bohumil Hrabal

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

Description

Originally published as The Death of Mr. Baltisberger, the fourteen stories in Romance showcase the breadth of Bohumil Hrabal’s considerable gifts: his humor of the grotesque, his often surprising warmth, and his hard-edged, fast-paced style. In the story "Romance," a plumber’s apprentice and a gypsy girl reach toward a tentative connection across the chasm that separates their worlds. Another unlikely love story, "World Cafeteria," features a romance between a young man whose girlfriend has just committed suicide and a bride whose husband lands in jail on their wedding night. The tone turns to the absurd in "The Death of Mr. Baltisberger," where a crippled ex-motorcyclist and three people he meets at the track exchange wildly improbably reminiscences, while a fatal Grand Prix motorcycle race rages around them. Hrabal’s psychological insight into quotidian interactions saturates stories such as "A Dull Afternoon," where a mysterious, self-absorbed stranger disrupts the psychic calm of a neighborhood tavern and becomes the silent catalyst for an unwanted truth. Throughout the collection, noted translator Michael Henry Heim captures the quirky speech patterns and idiosyncratic takes on life that have made Hrabal’s characters an indispensable part of world literature.

How long is The Death of Mr. Baltisberger?

The Death of Mr. Baltisberger by Bohumil Hrabal is 215 pages long, and a total of 54,825 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Death of Mr. Baltisberger Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 59 minutes to read The Death of Mr. Baltisberger aloud.

What Reading Level is The Death of Mr. Baltisberger?

The Death of Mr. Baltisberger 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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