How Long to Read The Last Days of Terranova

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Days of Terranova?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 19 minutes to read The Last Days of Terranova by Manuel Rivas

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

Description

A far-reaching story of an outcast and his bookstore: a home to forbidden books, political dissidents, and cultural smugglers all brought to vivid poetic life “Rivas is a master… His pages bloom like flowers, swerving in unpredictable arcs toward a light-source that is constantly moving.” —Bookforum The Last Days of Terranova tells of Vicenzo Fontana, the elderly owner of the long-standing Terranova Bookstore, on the day it's set to close due to the greed of real-estate speculators. On this final day, Vincenzo spends the night in his beloved store filled with more than seventy years of fugitive histories. Jumping from the present to various points in the past, the novel ferries us back to Vicenzo's childhood, when his father opened the store in 1935, to the years that the store was run by his Uncle Eliseo, and to the years in the lead-up to the democratic transition, which Vicenzo spent as far away from the bookstore as possible, in Madrid. Like the bookstore itself, The Last Days of Terranova is a space crammed with stories, histories, and literary references, and as many nooks, crannies, and complexities, brought to life in Rivas’s vital prose.

How long is The Last Days of Terranova?

The Last Days of Terranova by Manuel Rivas is 314 pages long, and a total of 79,756 words.

This makes it 106% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Days of Terranova Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 15 minutes to read The Last Days of Terranova aloud.

What Reading Level is The Last Days of Terranova?

The Last Days of Terranova 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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