How long does it take to read If I Were Another?
If I Were Another by Mahmoud Darwish, Fady Joudah takes about 4 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours
A weekend read
First published 2009. 218 pages, about 59,950 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Darwish was that rare literary phenomenon: a poet both acclaimed by critics as one of the most important poets in the Arab world and beloved by his readers.
Subjects: Arabic poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
