How long does it take to read A Man's Place?
A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux takes about 2 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 4 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1983. 113 pages, about 31,075 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 37 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A daughter must come to terms with her formative years as she writes an unflinching portrait of her father, a cafe owner whose life has become very alien to her.
Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Fiction, Fiction, general, France, fiction, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Pères et filles
