How Long to Read The Dirty Dust

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dirty Dust?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Dirty Dust by Máirtín Ó Cadhain

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

Description

Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s irresistible and infamous novel The Dirty Dust is consistently ranked as the most important prose work in modern Irish, yet no translation for English-language readers has ever before been published. Alan Titley’s vigorous new translation, full of the brio and guts of Ó Cadhain’s original, at last brings the pleasures of this great satiric novel to the far wider audience it deserves. In The Dirty Dust all characters lie dead in their graves. This, however, does not impair their banter or their appetite for news of aboveground happenings from the recently arrived. Told entirely in dialogue, Ó Cadhain’s daring novel listens in on the gossip, rumors, backbiting, complaining, and obsessing of the local community. In the afterlife, it seems, the same old life goes on beneath the sod. Only nothing can be done about it—apart from talk. In this merciless yet comical portrayal of a closely bound community, Ó Cadhain remains keenly attuned to the absurdity of human behavior, the lilt of Irish gab, and the nasty, deceptive magic of human connection.

How long is The Dirty Dust?

The Dirty Dust by Máirtín Ó Cadhain is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dirty Dust Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read The Dirty Dust aloud.

What Reading Level is The Dirty Dust?

The Dirty Dust 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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