How long does it take to read After the Last Sky?
Palestinian lives
After the Last Sky by Edward W. Said takes about 3 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 174 pages, about 47,850 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 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A searing portrait in words and photographs of Palestinian life and identity that is at once an exploration of Edward Said's own dislocated past and a testimony to the lives of those living in exile."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Palestinian Arabs, Jewish-Arab relations, Pictorial works, Social conditions, Journalism, pictorial
