It takes the average reader 14 hours and 23 minutes to read Dark Side of Love by Rafik Schami
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man’s mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer’s motive: it is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans, reaching back to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it, a love story that can have no happy ending, for reconciliation has no place within the old tribal structures. Rafik Schami dazzling novel spans a century of Syrian history in which politics and religions continue to torment an entire people. Simultaneously, his poetic stories from three generations tell of the courage of lovers who risk death sooner than deny their passions. He has also written a heartfelt tribute to his hometown Damascus and a great and moving hymn to the power of love.
Dark Side of Love by Rafik Schami is 853 pages long, and a total of 215,809 words.
This makes it 288% the length of the average book. It also has 264% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 39 minutes to read Dark Side of Love aloud.
Dark Side of Love is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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