How long does it take to read Matigari?
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 175 pages, about 48,125 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Who is Matigari? Is he young or old; a man or fate; dead or living...or even a resurrection of Jesus Christ? These are the questions asked by the people of this unnamed country, when a man who has survived the war for independence emerges from the mountains and starts making strange claims and demands. Matigari is in search of his family to rebuild his home and start a new and peaceful future. But his search becomes a quest for truth and justice as he finds the people still dispossessed and the land he loves ruled by corruption, fear, and misery. Rumors spring up that a man with superhuman qualities has risen to renew the freedom struggle. The novel races toward its climax as Matigari realizes that words alone cannot defeat the enemy. He vows to use the force of arms to achieve his true liberation. Matigari is a satire on the betrayal of human ideals and on the bitter experience of post-independence African society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Prophets, Fiction, Blacks, Black people
