How long does it take to read What Remains?
Nadia Davids
What Remains by Nadia Davids takes about 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 52 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2019. 47 pages, about 12,925 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"What Remains is a fusion of text, dance and movement to tell a story about the unexpected uncovering of a slave burial ground in Cape Town, the archaeological dig that follows and a city haunted by the memory of slavery. When the bones emerge from the ground, everyone in the city - slave descendants, archaeologists, citizens, property developers - is forced to reckon with a history sometimes remembered, sometimes forgotten. Loosely based on the events at Prestwich Place, What Remains forges a path between memory and magic, the uncanny and the known, waking and dreaming. Four figures - the archaeologist, the healer, the dancer and the student - move between bones and books, archives and madness, paintings and protest, as they struggle to reconcile the past with the now."--Back cover
Subjects: One-act plays, South African (English), Slave cemeteries, Drama, Slavery
