How long does it take to read The Labyrinth of Solitude?
The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz takes about 3 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 53 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1961. 212 pages, about 58,300 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Labyrinth of Solitude is an essay by the Mexican poet Octavio Paz about Mexican identity. Paz argues that solitude lies at the core of the human condition, since people alone know they are alone and therefore long for communion with others. He traces how this feeling shapes Mexican attitudes toward death, festivals and the masks people wear, and links it to a divided inheritance of Spanish and Indigenous cultures. The later chapters examine Mexican history, from pre-Columbian times to the 1910 Revolution, and question the role of the intellectual.
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Subjects: Social life and customs, Vida social y costumbres, Civilización, Características nacionales mexicanas, Criticism and interpretation, Mexican National characteristics
