It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot by Junichiro Tanizaki
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From a Japanese master of romantic and sexual obsession come two novels that treat traditional themes with sly wit and startling psychological sophistication. In The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi, Junichir Tanizaki reimagines the exploits of a legendary samurai as a sadomasochistic dance between the hero and the wife of his enemy. Arrowroot, though set in the twentieth century, views an adult orphan’s search for his mother’s past through the translucent shoji screen of ancient literature and myth. Both works are replete with shocking juxtapositions. Severed heads become objects of erotic fixation. Foxes take on human shape. An aristocratic lady loves and pities the man she is conspiring to destroy. This supple translation reveals the full scope of Tanizaki’s gift: his confident storytelling, luminous detail, and astonishingly vital female characters.
The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot by Junichiro Tanizaki is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot aloud.
The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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