How long does it take to read The Gods Are Not to Blame?
The Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi takes about 8 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1971. 472 pages, about 129,800 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Published as a novel in 1971 after first appearing as a play, this work by Ola Rotimi reimagines the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex in a Yoruba kingdom of an uncertain era. Odewale rules the land of Kutuje, where a sickness afflicts the people and a curse must be purged. His life has been shadowed since birth by a prophecy about what he will do to his parents. Believing himself secure, he sets out to find the source of the suffering while the gods of the land quietly draw him into a tangled chain of events.
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Subjects: Drama
