How long does it take to read Silk?
Silk by Alessandro Baricco takes about 2 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 18 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1920. 125 pages, about 34,375 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 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 55 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, silkworm breeder Herve Joncour has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms. In the course of his secret negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine, a girl who does not have oriental eyes. Although they are unable to exchange so much as a word, love blossoms between them.
Subjects: Novela italiana, Fiction, Travel, French, Italian, History
