How long does it take to read Obasan?
Joy Kogawa
Obasan by Joy Kogawa takes about 4 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 250 pages, about 68,750 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
224 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects: Fiction, Japanese, Japanese Canadians, Concentration camps, Concentration camp inmates, Canadian fiction
