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How long does it take to read Sentiero Dei Nidi Di Ragno?

Italo Calvino

Sentiero Dei Nidi Di Ragno by Italo Calvino takes about 3 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 33 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1947. 194 pages, about 53,350 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 56 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 33 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 13 minutes

The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Italo Calvino was only twenty-three when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute and spends as much time as he can at a seedy bar where he amuses the adult patrons. After a mishap with a Nazi soldier, Pin becomes involved with a band of partisans. Calvino's portrayal of these characters, seen through the eyes of a child, is not only a revealing commentary on the Italian resistance but an insightful coming-of-age story. Updated to include changes from Calvino's definitive Italian edition, previously censored passages, and his newly translated, unabridged preface - in which Calvino brilliantly critiques and places into historical context his own youthful work - The Path to the Spiders' Nests is animated by the formidable imagination that has made Italo Calvino one of the most respected writers of our time."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Italy, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, coming of age, Guerrillas

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