How long does it take to read The End of Eddy?
The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2014. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"I ran away suddenly. Just the time to hear my mother say What is the moron here? I do not want to sit next to them, I refused to share this moment with them. J 'was already far away, I no longer belonged to their world now, the letter said. I went into the fields and I walked a good part of the night, the cool north, the dirt, the rapeseed smell very strong at this time of the year. entire night was dedicated to the development of my new life far from here. " In truth, the insurrection against my parents, against poverty, against my social class, racism, violence, habits, was only second. As before to rebel against the world of my childhood, it is the world of my childhood who rebelled against me. Very quickly I was for my family and others a source of shame, and even disgust. I have no other choice but to flee. This book is an attempt to understand.
Subjects: Fiction, Gay men, Working poor, Young men, Adolescence, Gender identity
