How long does it take to read The Box Man?
The Box Man by Kōbō Abe takes about 3 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 185 pages, about 50,875 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Presents the narrator's observations on the world after he gives up his home to live in a cardboard box, which he wears over his head.
Subjects: Fiction, psychological, Homelessness, Fiction
