How Long to Read The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda

How Long Does it Take to Read The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda by Sonia Rivera-Valdes

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

Description

Marta Veneranda, a Latina neoyorkina, finds that she inspires the confessional in people. In fact, when people come to her, they feel the need to reveal their most embarrassing and shameful stories. And through these reluctantly told tales, where characters enter and leave each other's narrations, Rivera-Valdes revisits and questions our most basic behavioral assumptions. In "Little Poisons," the narrator shares with Marta the minutiae of her self-help book–assisted liberation from her philandering husband, whom she will eventually poison to death, and whose mistress she will befriend: "In the fifteen years of marriage he would tell me everything, even about his sexual escapades-if he couldn't share them with me, who would he share them with? Besides, that way no one could come running to me spreading rumors." Beneath the humor is a dead-serious scrutiny of the commingling of Anglo and Latino cultures. At heart, the stories are an exposé of the comforts and discomforts of that cohabitation.

How long is The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda?

The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda by Sonia Rivera-Valdes is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda aloud.

What Reading Level is The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda?

The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda 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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