How Long to Read A Tale for the Time Being

How Long Does it Take to Read A Tale for the Time Being?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 23 minutes to read A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award “A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.” In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who’s lived more than a century. A diary is Nao’s only solace—and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox—possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao’s drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future. Full of Ozeki’s signature humor and deeply engaged with the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth, A Tale for the Time Being is a brilliantly inventive, beguiling story of our shared humanity and the search for home.

How long is A Tale for the Time Being?

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki is 621 pages long, and a total of 155,871 words.

This makes it 210% the length of the average book. It also has 190% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Tale for the Time Being Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 11 minutes to read A Tale for the Time Being aloud.

What Reading Level is A Tale for the Time Being?

A Tale for the Time Being is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy A Tale for the Time Being?

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