How long does it take to read The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories?
Roberto González Echevarría
The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories by Roberto González Echevarría takes about 8 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 49 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 481 pages, about 132,275 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Includes 53 stories spanning evolution of short fiction in Brazil as well as Hispanic America across a broad range of writing from colonial era and 19th century to modern favorites such as Lugones, Quiroga, Lima Barreto, Borges, Cortázar, Rulfo, Ribeyro, Castellanos, Lispector, Ferré, and Monterroso, in versions by distinguished translators. An essay by the editor traces evolution of the genre. Brief headnotes for each period and author and a short bibliography provide ample contextualization. Recommended for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Latin American Short stories, Kurzgeschichte
