How long does it take to read Boyhood?
Boyhood by J. M. Coetzee takes about 3 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Scenes from Provincial Life
Next: Youth
About 3 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 186 pages, about 51,150 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 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In these fictionalised memoirs using third-person narration, Coetzee examines his childhood within the sphere of his parents' unhappy marriage, his desire for his mother and for independence from her, and his feelings towards a multi-racial South African society.
Subjects: South African Authors, Biography, Dorf, Belletristische Darstellung, Außenseiter, Junge
