How Long to Read Baumgartner’s Bombay

How Long Does it Take to Read Baumgartner’s Bombay?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Baumgartner’s Bombay by Anita Desai

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

Description

Hugo Baumgartner is a firangi wherever he goes—too dark for Hitler’s Germany, too fair for India. Escaping the Nazi regime but losing his parents to it, the wandering Jew builds a life in India only to be interrupted by war, and then partition—and finally finds a home in multitudinous Bombay. We meet him as a kindly, rather hapless old man who spends his days making the rounds of local teashops to scavenge for his many cats. Then, one day at the Café du Paris, one of his regular haunts, he encounters a surly young German of the new order—a drug-crazed hippie who will change his life forever....

How long is Baumgartner’s Bombay?

Baumgartner’s Bombay by Anita Desai is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Baumgartner’s Bombay Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Baumgartner’s Bombay aloud.

What Reading Level is Baumgartner’s Bombay?

Baumgartner’s Bombay 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.

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