How Long to Read The Tears

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tears?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Tears by Pascal Quignard

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

Description

A novel of intersecting historical threads. The Tears is, at one level, a novel about the turbulent lives of twins, the sons of Charlemagne's daughter Bertha. The studious and scholarly Nithard succeeds his father Angilbert as lay abbot of the Abbey of Saint Riquier in Normandy and accompanies his cousin the emperor Charles the Bald on his military campaigns. His twin brother Hartnid strikes out boldly for more exotic parts--including, eventually, Baghdad--in a seemingly deranged quest to track down the elusive female face that haunts his dreams. Yet this novel of intersecting historical threads and patches of poetic reimagining is crisscrossed by a host of other themes: the enigmatic joys afforded by nature, the intimate relation between living creatures which literature has since earliest times depicted, and the mysterious power of contingent events that have shaped entire cultures--including the birth of the French language itself. This heady brew of medieval chronicle, miraculous folktale, and speculative reconstruction of history further strengthens Pascal Quignard's status as one of France's most imaginative contemporary writers.

How long is The Tears?

The Tears by Pascal Quignard is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tears Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read The Tears aloud.

What Reading Level is The Tears?

The Tears is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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