It takes the average reader 2 hours and 34 minutes to read Zoo, or Letters Not about Love by Viktor Shklovsky
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
While living in exile in Berlin, the formidable literary critic Viktor Shklovsky fell in love with Elsa Triolet. He fell into the habit of sending Elsa several letters a day, a situation she accepted under one condition: he was forbidden to write about love. Zoo, or Letters Not about Love is an epistolary novel born of this constraint, and although the brilliant and playful letters contained here cover everything from observations about contemporary German and Russian life to theories of art and literature, nonetheless every one of them is indirectly dedicated to the one topic they are all required to avoid: their author's own unrequited love.
Zoo, or Letters Not about Love by Viktor Shklovsky is 153 pages long, and a total of 38,709 words.
This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 31 minutes to read Zoo, or Letters Not about Love aloud.
Zoo, or Letters Not about Love is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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