How long does it take to read L' Enfant du Sable?
L' Enfant du Sable by Tahar Ben Jelloun takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 208 pages, about 57,200 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 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Determined to have a son after seven daughters, Hajji Ahmed names his eighth child Mohammed Ahmed, but as this child matures, she explores her true sexual identity as a woman named Zahra.
Subjects: Fiction, Sex (Psychology), Social life and customs, Patriarchy in fiction, Middle East in fiction, Patriarchy
