How long does it take to read A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes?
Thomas Colchie, Jorge Luis Borges
A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes by Thomas Colchie, Jorge Luis Borges takes about 8 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 3 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1991. 439 pages, about 120,725 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Introduction One: The River Plate Horacio Quiroga: The Dead Man Julia Cortázar: Axolotl Armonía Somers: Waiting for Polidoro Jorge Luís Borges: The Circular Ruins Juan Carlos Onetti: The Dog Will Have Its Day Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Idol Manuel Puig: Relative Humidity 95% Two: Chile Isabel Allende: Toad's Mouth Three: Brazil Jorge Amado: The Miracle of the Birds Murilo Rubião: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern Clarice Lispector: Love Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The Psychiatrist Moacyr Scliar: The Plagues João Guimarães Rosa: The Third Bank of the River João Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig Lygia Fagundes Telles: The Corset Rubem Fonseca: Lonelyhearts Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes: Twice with Helena Four: Mexico Carlos Fuentes: The Doll Queen Juan Rulfo: Luvina Five: The Caribbean Rosario Ferré: The Gift Reinaldo Arenas: Bestial Among the Flowers Ana Lydia Vega: Story-Bound Gabriel García Márquez: The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship Guillermo Cabrera Infante: The Phantom of the Essoldo Alejo Carpentier: Journey Back to the Source
Subjects: Latin American Short stories, Latin American fiction
