How long does it take to read Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree?
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree by Tariq Ali takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
“An enthralling story, unraveled with thrift and verve.” —Independent Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. Ali is particularly deft at evoking what life must have been like for those doomed inhabitants, besieged on all sides by intolerant Christendom. "This is a novel that have something to say, and says it well."—The Guardian
Subjects: History, Fiction, Muslims, Spain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
