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How long does it take to read Cosmicomics?

Italo Calvino

Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 56 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1965. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.

6 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 4 hours 53 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 56 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 50 minutes

The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. "Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?"--Publisher description.

Subjects: Fiction, Italian Short stories, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Novela, Vida social y costumbres

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