How Long to Read The Elusive Embrace

How Long Does it Take to Read The Elusive Embrace?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read The Elusive Embrace by Daniel Mendelsohn

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

Description

Hailed for its searing emotional insights, and for the astonishing originality with which it weaves together personal history, cultural essay, and readings of classical texts by Sophocles, Ovid, Euripides, and Sappho, The Elusive Embrace is a profound exploration of the mysteries of identity. It is also a meditation in which the author uses his own divided life to investigate the "rich conflictedness of things," the double lives all of us lead. Daniel Mendelsohn recalls the deceptively quiet suburb where he grew up, torn between his mathematician father's pursuit of scientific truth and the exquisite lies spun by his Orthodox Jewish grandfather; the streets of manhattan's newest "gay ghetto," where "desire for love" competes with "love of desire;" and the quiet moonlit house where a close friend's small son teaches him the meaning of fatherhood. And, finally, in a neglected Jewish cemetery, the author uncovers a family secret that reveals the universal need for storytelling, for inventing myths of the self. The book that Hilton Als calls "equal to Whitman's 'Song of Myself,'" The Elusive Embrace marks a dazzling literary debut.

How long is The Elusive Embrace?

The Elusive Embrace by Daniel Mendelsohn is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Elusive Embrace Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read The Elusive Embrace aloud.

What Reading Level is The Elusive Embrace?

The Elusive Embrace 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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