How Long to Read The Religious Mantle

How Long Does it Take to Read The Religious Mantle?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 29 minutes to read The Religious Mantle by Nuno Júdice

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

Description

"The work of Nuno Júdice is like a spell," Millicent Borges Accardi once wrote in the Portuguese-American Journal. "A reverie. A dark dream with quiet overtones and hidden meanings." She was speaking of his poetry, but the same could be said for The Religious Mantle, Júdice's novella, which came out in 1982 as A Manta Religiosa, and is published here for the first time in an English translation by David Swartz.As if playing Virgil to his own Dante, the narrator of The Religious Mantle spins a labyrinthine inner dialogue, which at times approaches an ars poetica, a meditation on the poetic novel. In fact, the entire novella is written in the form of a dialogue between two male characters who are projections of the "I." Together, they are "somewhat like the heteronyms of Pessoa," as Júdice explains.Philosophical and discursive novels are a style that have-sadly, in my humble opinion-gone out of style. While The Religious Mantle is as much a book of philosophy as it is a book of fiction, with its search for meaning from within a labyrinth of feelings and ideas, one never feels one is reading an artifact, and translator David Swartz deftly manages to make the novella sound contemporary and fresh.

How long is The Religious Mantle?

The Religious Mantle by Nuno Júdice is 146 pages long, and a total of 37,376 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Religious Mantle Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 24 minutes to read The Religious Mantle aloud.

What Reading Level is The Religious Mantle?

The Religious Mantle 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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