How long does it take to read The Woman in the Dunes?
The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe takes about 4 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1962. 239 pages, about 65,725 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 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Sand dunes, Ficción, Social life and customs, Entomologists, Vida social y costumbres
