How long does it take to read The Unwanted?
Kien Nguyen
The Unwanted by Kien Nguyen takes about 6 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 356 pages, about 97,900 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Saigon fell to the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without his mother, without his grandparents. Left to a nightmarish existence in a violated & decimated country, Kien was more at risk than most because of his odd blond hair & his light eyes - because he was Amerasian. He was the most unwanted. Told with stark & poetic brilliance, this is a story of survival & hope, a moving & personal record of a tumultuous & important piece of history.
Subjects: Vietnamese Americans, Vietnamese Personal narratives, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Refugees, Childhood and youth
