How Long to Read The Water Statues

How Long Does it Take to Read The Water Statues?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read The Water Statues by Fleur Jaeggy

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

Description

Family, obsession, and privilege boiled down by the icy-hot Swiss-Italian master stylist Fleur Jaeggy Even among Fleur Jaeggy’s singular and intricate works, The Water Statues is a shiningly peculiar book. Concerned with loneliness and wealth’s odd emotional poverty, this early novel is in part structured as a play: the dramatis personae include the various relatives, friends, and servants of a man named Beeklam, a wealthy recluse who keeps statues in his villa’s flooded basement, where memories shiver in uncertain light and the waters run off to the sea. Dedicated to Ingeborg Bachmann and...

How long is The Water Statues?

The Water Statues by Fleur Jaeggy is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.

This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Water Statues Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read The Water Statues aloud.

What Reading Level is The Water Statues?

The Water Statues 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy The Water Statues?

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