How long does it take to read Thirst?
Thirst by Mary Oliver takes about 1 hour 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 28 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2006. 80 pages, about 22,000 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this collection of 43 new poems the author grapples with grief at the death of her beloved partner of over forty years. She strives to experience sorrow as a path to spiritual progress, grief as part of loving and not it end. She also chronicles for the first time her discovery of faith, without abandoning the love of the physical world that has been a hallmark of her work for four decades.
Subjects: Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
