How long does it take to read Mga Ibong Mandaragit?
Mga Ibong Mandaragit by Amado V. Hernandez takes about 7 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1969. 416 pages, about 114,400 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Mga Ibong Mandaragit is a socio-political novel set in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation. In September 1944, a guerrilla named Mando Plaridel takes shelter with an old hermit, Tata Matias, in the Sierra Madre. Matias urges the younger fighters to look for a fortune left behind by a character from Rizal's novels, which he believes could fund the rebellion. Meanwhile, in Manila, the wealthy landowner Don Segundo Montero, who collaborates with the Japanese, is questioned about a missing former servant. The book explores neocolonial dependency and revolt.
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Subjects: History, Fiction
