How long does it take to read Satori in Paris?
Satori in Paris by Jack Kerouac takes about 2 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 9 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1966. 117 pages, about 32,175 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Satori in Paris: An autobiographical account of Kerouac's search for his heritage in France, populated by seedy bars and all-night conversations. Pic: Ten-year-old Pictorial Review Jackson of North Carolina narrates his adventures with his brother Slim as they travel from the rural South to Harlem in the 1940s.
Subjects: American Novelists, Beat generation, Biography, Description, Description and travel, Fiction
