It takes the average reader 1 hour and 10 minutes to read The Last Repatriate by Matthew Salesses
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Fiction. Asian American Studies. In 1953, after the end of the Korean War, 23 POWs refused to repatriate to America. THE LAST REPATRIATE tells the story of Theodore Dickerson, a prisoner who eventually returns to his home in Virginia in the midst of the McCarthy Era. He is welcomed back as a hero, though he has not returned unscathed. The lasting effects of the POW camp and troubles with his ex-fiancée complicate his new marriage as he struggles to readjust to the Virginia he holds dear. "A harrowing story rendered in balletic prose, THE LAST REPATRIATE draws us inside a war of the body and...
The Last Repatriate by Matthew Salesses is 70 pages long, and a total of 17,500 words.
This makes it 24% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to read The Last Repatriate aloud.
The Last Repatriate is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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