How long does it take to read The Possibility of an Island?
The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq takes about 8 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 11 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 446 pages, about 122,650 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
I dialoger mellem den tarvelige stand-up-komiker Daniel og hans to kloninger 1000 år senere lykkes det den kontroversielle forfatter at komme rundt om alle sine misantropiske holdninger til kærlighed, sex, alderdommen kontra dyrkelsen af ungdommen og samfundet i almindelighed
Subjects: Fiction, Aging, Cults, Human cloning, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general