How long does it take to read The Painted Bird?
The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fictional memoir of World War II experiences of a small boy abandoned in a remote village in Central Europe.
Subjects: Fiction, Autobiographical fiction, History, Abandoned children, Children, Jews in Fiction
