How long does it take to read All the Lovers in the Night?
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Kawakami's 2011 novel centers on Fuyuko Irie, a woman in her thirties who earns her living proofreading as a freelancer. She lives by herself, and her days are shaped by exacting habits, dedication to her job, and isolation. The story unfolds across roughly eight months, told in her own voice, which drifts between the present, remembered scenes, and dreams. Fuyuko finds it hard to talk with other people and is easily embarrassed, so her narration reads like private speech, frank, physical, and intimate. Her quiet existence meets new connections when she befriends a colleague and a gentle, unconventional man.
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Subjects: Single women, Fiction, City and town life, Vie urbaine, Romans, nouvelles
