Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Year of the Monkey is 8th and 9th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 6 |
SMOG Index | Grade 9 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 7 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 8 |
The estimated word count of Year of the Monkey is 35,495 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 22 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 57 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 19 mins.
Year of the Monkey - 35,495 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 3 hrs 57 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 22 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 19 mins |
for Year of the Monkey
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year.Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland, with no design yet heeding signs, including a talking sign that looms above her, prodding and sparring like the Cheshire Cat. In February, a surreal lunar year begins, bringing with it unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. In a stranger's words, "Anything is possible: after all, it's the year of the monkey." For Patti Smith - inveterately curious, always exploring, tracking thoughts, writing the year evolves as one of reckoning with the changes in life's gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America. Smith melds the Western landscape with her own dreamscape. Taking us from Southern California to the Arizona desert; to a Kentucky farm as the amanuensis of a friend in crisis; to the hospital room of a valued mentor; and by turns to remembered and imagined places - this haunting memoir blends fact and fiction with poetic mastery. The unexpected happens; grief and disillusionment. But as Patti Smith heads toward a new decade in her own life, she offers this balm to the reader: her wisdom, wit, gimlet eye, and above all, a rugged hope of a better world. Riveting, elegant, often humorous, illustrated by Smith's signature Polaroids, Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.