It takes the average reader 4 hours and 13 minutes to read Bivouac by Kwame Dawes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The death of a Jamaican man's father raises questions about the father's political endeavors, and about the plight of 1980s Jamaica. Kwame Dawes has been named a 2019 Windham-Campbell Prize Recipient in poetry "Few other novels encapsulate Jamaica's political upheavals so well. Protagonist Ferron Morgan agonizes over his father's death, maybe from a doctor's mistake, maybe from a radical rival's hands. Meanwhile, he's running from everything, including his own emotions about his fiancée--with sad results. Bivouac is not an easy or light book, but the immediacy Dawes creates is worth it."...
Bivouac by Kwame Dawes is 247 pages long, and a total of 63,479 words.
This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 46 minutes to read Bivouac aloud.
Bivouac is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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