How long does it take to read Fasting, Feasting?
Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai takes about 4 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 227 pages, about 62,425 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Uma, the older daughter of an Indian family, lives in relative poverty with her parents, while her younger brother Arun lives in America; both tending to their demanding parents.
Subjects: Young women, East Indian students, Brothers and sisters, Fiction, India, Family
