How long does it take to read Pyre?
Perumal Murugan, Aniruddhan Vasudevan (Trans.), Perumal Murugan (Aniruddhan Vasudevan Tr.)
Pyre by Perumal Murugan, Aniruddhan Vasudevan (Trans.), Perumal Murugan (Aniruddhan Vasudevan Tr.) takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2016. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, general, India, fiction, Newlyweds, Fiction, Caste-based discrimination, Social classes
