How long does it take to read Sitt Marie Rose?
Etel Adnan
Sitt Marie Rose by Etel Adnan takes about 1 hour 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1982. 105 pages, about 28,875 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the story of a woman abducted by militiamen during the Civil War in Lebanon and executed. It reveals the tribal mentality which makes the Middle East a dangerous powerhouse. It constitutes a new narrative form and is already a classic of war literature. Sitt Marie-Rose won the France-Pays Arabes award in Paris and has been translated into six languages. --from Publisher's description.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Middle eastern fiction, War & military fiction, Literary styles & movements - fiction
