How Long to Read By the Sea

By Abdulrazak Gurnah

How Long Does it Take to Read By the Sea?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 9 minutes to read By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah

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

Description

On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father. Now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protection. Meanwhile Latif Mahmud, someone intimately connected with Saleh's past, lives quietly alone in his London flat. When Saleh and Latif meet in an English seaside town, a story is unravelled. It is a story of love and...

How long is By the Sea?

By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah is 245 pages long, and a total of 62,475 words.

This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read By the Sea Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read By the Sea aloud.

What Reading Level is By the Sea?

By the Sea 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.

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