It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read An Island Is a World by Sam Selvon
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the post-War Caribbean colony, as an earlier generation thinks of returning to India, Foster, a young man, goes to England and Rufis his brother leaves for the United States, each in search of himself and his world. Combining his characteristic humour with a vivid sense of place, Selvon's An Island is a World tells a moving story of personal and intellectual quest in our time. With an introduction by Kenneth Ramchand.
An Island Is a World by Sam Selvon is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read An Island Is a World aloud.
An Island Is a World is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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