How Long to Read Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector

How Long Does it Take to Read Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 30 minutes to read Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector by Benjamin Moser

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

Description

"That rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," Clarice Lispector is one of the most popular but least understood of Latin American writers. Now, after years of research on three continents, drawing on previously unknown manuscripts and dozens of interviews, Benjamin Moser demonstrates how Lispector's development as a writer was directly connected to the story of her turbulent life. Born in the nightmarish landscape of post-World War I Ukraine, Clarice became, virtually from adolescence, a person whose beauty, genius, and eccentricity intrigued Brazil. Why This World tells how this precocious girl, through long exile abroad and difficult personal struggles, matured into a great writer. It also asserts, for the first time, the deep roots in the Jewish mystical tradition that make her the true heir to Kafka as well as the unlikely author of "perhaps the greatest spiritual autobiography of the twentieth century." From Chechelnik to Recife, from Naples and Berne to Washington and Rio de Janeiro, Why This World strips away the mythology surrounding this extraordinary figure and shows how Clarice Lispector transformed one woman's struggles into a universally resonant art.

How long is Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector?

Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector by Benjamin Moser is 497 pages long, and a total of 127,729 words.

This makes it 168% the length of the average book. It also has 156% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 37 minutes to read Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector aloud.

What Reading Level is Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector?

Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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