How long does it take to read The Truth About Stories?
The Truth About Stories by Thomas King takes about 3 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 172 pages, about 47,300 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people. From creation stories to personal experiences, historical anecdotes to social injustices, racist propaganda to works of contemporary Native literature, King probes Native culture's deep ties to storytelling." "Thomas King weaves events from his own life, as a child in California, an academic in Canada, and a Native North American, with a wide-ranging discussion of stories told by and about Indians." "That imaginative Indian that North Americans hold dear has been challenged by Native writers - N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louis Owens, Robert Alexie, and others - who provide alternative narratives of the Native experience that question a past, create a present, and imagine a future. King reminds the reader, Native and non-Native, that storytelling carries with it social and moral responsibilities."--Jacket.
Subjects: Ethnic identity, Indian authors, Indians of North America, Canadian Authors, Indians in popular culture, Public opinion
