How long does it take to read El Señor Presidente?
El Señor Presidente by Miguel Ángel Asturias takes about 5 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1948. 300 pages, about 82,500 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 102 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"...La larga gestación de El Señor Presidente, por encima de su condición de novela-denuncia, trasciende los ecos surgidos de la memoria colectiva a partir de la resonancia natural de las palabras y las fantasías oníricas asimiladas de manera gradual por la realidad de la vida..."
Subjects: Fiction, Politics and government, Despotism, Romans, nouvelles, Politique et gouvernement, Despotisme
