How Long to Read Waiting for the Past

How Long Does it Take to Read Waiting for the Past?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read Waiting for the Past by Les Murray

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

Description

A new collection of poems from Les Murray that renews and transforms the contemporary world through language In Waiting for the Past, Les Murray employs his molten sense of language to renew and transform our experience of the world. With quicksilver verse, he conjures his rural past, the life of the poor dairy boy in Australia, as he simultaneously feels the steady tug of aging, of time pulling him back to the present. Here, syntax, sense, and sound combine with such acrobatic grace that his poems render the familiar into the unknown, the unknown into the revelatory. Whether Murray is...

How long is Waiting for the Past?

Waiting for the Past by Les Murray 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 Waiting for the Past Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Waiting for the Past aloud.

What Reading Level is Waiting for the Past?

Waiting for the Past 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.

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