How long does it take to read Roots and Shadows?
Roots and Shadows by Shashi Deshpande takes about 3 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 205 pages, about 56,375 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Roots and Shadows is an English-language Indian novel, written by Shashi Deshpande in 1983.[1] The novel focuses on Indu's interactions with others in her large family and the manner in which this helps to resolve their future and her own personal crisis
