How Long to Read Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older

How Long Does it Take to Read Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older by Douwe Draaisma

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

Description

Is it true, as the novelist Cees Nooteboom once wrote, that memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases? Where do the long, lazy summers of our childhood go? Why, as we grow older, does time seem to condense, speed up and elude us, while in old age, significant events from our distant past can seem as vivid and real as what happened yesterday? Douwe Draaisma, author of the internationally acclaimed Metaphors of Memory (Cambridge, 2001), explores the nature of autobiographical memory. Applying a unique blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility, and keen observation, he tackles such...

How long is Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older?

Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older by Douwe Draaisma is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older aloud.

What Reading Level is Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older?

Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older 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.

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