How long does it take to read The Book of Embraces?
The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano takes about 5 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 281 pages, about 77,275 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author shares brief anecdotes about life in South America, memories of incidents from his own past, and meditations on reading, literature, and freedom.
Subjects: Fiction, South america, fiction, Fiction, general
