It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read True Tales of American Life by Paul Auster
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Chosen by Paul Auster out of the four thousand stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180 stories provide a wonderful portrait of America in the twentieth century. The requirement for selection was that each of the stories should be true, and each of the writers should not have been previously published. The collection that has emerged provides a richly varied and authentic voice for the American people, whose lives, loves, griefs, regrets, joys and sense of humour are vividly and honestly recounted throughout, and adeptly organised by Auster into themed...
True Tales of American Life by Paul Auster is 416 pages long, and a total of 106,496 words.
This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read True Tales of American Life aloud.
True Tales of American Life is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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