How Long to Read Vandal Love

How Long Does it Take to Read Vandal Love?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read Vandal Love by D. Y. Bechard

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

Description

An astonishing novel, Vandal Love follows generations of a unique French-Canadian family across North America, and through the twentieth century, as they struggle to find their place in the world. A family curse – a genetic trick resulting from centuries of hardship – causes the Hervé children to be born either giants or runts. Book I of Vandal Love follows the giants’ line, exploring Jude Hervé’s career as a boxer in Georgia and Louisiana in the 1960s, his escape from that brutal life alone with his baby daughter Isa, and her eventual decision to enter into a strange, chaste marriage with a much older man. Book II traces a different kind of life entirely, as the runts of the family discover that their power lies in a kind of unifying love. François searches for years for his missing father; his own son, Harvey, flees from modern society into spiritual quests. But none of the Hervés can abandon their longing for a place where they might find others like themselves. In assured and almost mystically powerful prose, D.Y. Béchard tells a wide-ranging, spellbinding story of a family trying to create an identity in an unwelcoming North America. Political, poetic, and philosophically searching, and imbued throughout with a deep sensitivity to the physical world, Vandal Love is a breathtaking literary debut about the power of love to create and destroy – in our lives, and in our history.

How long is Vandal Love?

Vandal Love by D. Y. Bechard is 354 pages long, and a total of 89,916 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Vandal Love Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 11 minutes to read Vandal Love aloud.

What Reading Level is Vandal Love?

Vandal Love is suitable for students ages 12 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 Vandal Love?

Vandal Love by D. Y. Bechard is sold by several retailers and bookshops. However, Read Time works with Amazon to provide an easier way to purchase books.

To buy Vandal Love by D. Y. Bechard on Amazon click the button below.