How long does it take to read Tandia?
Tandia by Bryce Courtenay takes about 16 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 29 minutes
A long haul
First published 1991. 899 pages, about 247,225 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tandia is just a teenager when she is brutally attacked by the police. Afraid and consumed by her hatred for the white man, Tandia seeks refuge in a brothel. There she learns to use her mind and looks for the battles that lie ahead. But then Tandia meets a man with a past as strange as her own.
Subjects: English fiction, South Africa, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, South africa, fiction
