How long does it take to read Far Away?
Far Away by Caryl Churchill takes about 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2000. 42 pages, about 11,550 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"In the first scene of Far Away, a girl is questioning her aunt about having seen her uncle hitting people with an iron bar. By the end of the play, several years later, the whole world is at war - including birds and animals. The girl has returned to her aunt's and is taking refuge. She describes her journey. 'There were piles of bodies and if you stopped to find out there was one killed by coffee or one killed by pins, they were killed by heroin, petrol, chainsaws, hairspray, bleach, foxgloves, the smell of smoke was where we were burning the grass that wouldn't serve...'"--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Drama, Social conflict, Drama (dramatic works by one author)
