How long does it take to read Patriotism?
Patriotism by Yukio Mishima takes about 1 hour 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 3 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1995. 57 pages, about 15,675 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A lieutenant in the Japanese army comes home to his wife and informs her that his closest friends have become mutineers. He and his beautiful loyal wife decide to end their lives together. In unwavering detail Mishima describes Shinji and Reiko making love for the last time and the couple's seppuku that follows.
Subjects: Seppuku, Suicide, Belletristische Darstellung, Fiction, Soldiers, History
