How Long to Read Downpour

By Kim Yu-jeong

How Long Does it Take to Read Downpour?

It takes the average reader and 12 minutes to read Downpour by Kim Yu-jeong

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

Description

“Downpour” (Sonakbi, alternately translated as “The Rainstorm,” 1935), with its casual depiction of domestic violence, survival sex, and gambling as coping mechanisms in colonial-era rural Korea, offers a rare glimpse into what life must have been like for the uneducated and disempowered in that period. While the weather metaphor may strike some readers as slightly on-the-nose, it is executed with undeniable poetry, as exemplified in such scenes as Chunho and his wife (who is never named) sharing a rare moment in each other’s arms while rain batters against their roof. From the atmospheric first sentence to the laconically uttered last line, “Downpour” is a masterful piece of storytelling from one of the great voices of 1930s Korean literature.

How long is Downpour?

Downpour by Kim Yu-jeong is 12 pages long, and a total of 3,024 words.

This makes it 4% the length of the average book. It also has 4% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Downpour Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 16 minutes to read Downpour aloud.

What Reading Level is Downpour?

Downpour is suitable for students ages 6 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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