How long does it take to read Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number?
Jacobo Timerman
Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number by Jacobo Timerman takes about 3 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours
A weekend read
First published 1981. 164 pages, about 45,100 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This translated version of Jacobo Timerman's story Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero, is a breathtaking but heartbreaking retelling of a man's time as a political prisoner in Cuba during the Dirty War.
Subjects: the dirty war, cuba, Political prisoners, Biography, Jews, Journalists
