How long does it take to read An Iliad?
An Iliad by Alessandro Baricco takes about 3 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 7 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 170 pages, about 46,750 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 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Guiado por la idea de adaptar el texto para una lectura pública, Alessandro Baricco relee y reescribe la Ilíada de Homero, como si tuviéramos que devolver a Homero allí mismo, a la Ilíada, para contemplar uno de los más majestuosos paisajes de nuestro destino.
Subjects: Greece, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, Trojan War, Hector (Legendary character), Patroclus (Greek mythology)
