How Long to Read The Lives of the Saints

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lives of the Saints?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 17 minutes to read The Lives of the Saints by Suzanne Paola

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

Description

"The lives of the saints take place all around us, under us, so much of the earth they seethe in it." In this new book of poems, Suzanne Paola brings her unique voice to the meditative tradition, with words that offer a fresh and breathtaking foothold for the ages-old leap of faith. The book is, in Paola's words, "a polyphony, a chorus spoken about saints and perhaps, occasionally, by them." The image of the rose winds through the book, symbol of eternity and transience, gravity and folly. We find it in the ghastly bloom of the atomic bomb, in the relic of St. Therese of Lisieux, in the wool of a cloned sheep. Its image glows silently under the Waste Isolation Projects of Yucca Mountain and New Mexico, in the U.S. Human Radiation Experiments, in the altars constructed at the schoolyard gate of the Columbine massacre. The poems -- witty, sly, sensitive, and immensely informed -- trace the spiritual inquiries of a series of linked personae adrift in bodies and a world made toxic by the residues of scientific experimentation. Paola's dramatic monologues begin and end with the same fictional narrator, a wry, cynical, cake-baking woman who, on learning of the atomic structure of all matter, begins a lifetime of questioning. At times blasphemous, at times poignant and humorous, these voices are never less than heartbreakingly human, and the words they utter chill with their honesty.The Lives of the Saintsis a stark, wise, meticulously researched book by a writer whose reputation leaps forward with each publication. Suzanne Paolais a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow-ship for 2002-2003. She is the author of three award-winning books of poetry, including, most recently,Bardo. Her prose memoir,Body Toxic, is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2001. She lives with her husband and their young son in Bellingham, Washington.

How long is The Lives of the Saints?

The Lives of the Saints by Suzanne Paola is 76 pages long, and a total of 19,456 words.

This makes it 26% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lives of the Saints Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 46 minutes to read The Lives of the Saints aloud.

What Reading Level is The Lives of the Saints?

The Lives of the Saints is suitable for students ages 8 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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