How Long to Read In Ruins

How Long Does it Take to Read In Ruins?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 10 minutes to read In Ruins by Daniel Davis Wood

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

Description

Before dawn one day in midwinter, a man in flight from a crisis returns to a city he lived in long ago. He has lost everything-his home, his security, his sense of self-and now he sets off on foot through the streets as he prepares to knock on the door of an old friend, to swallow his pride and ask for a place to stay. But something unnameable interferes with his plans. He takes a turn around a corner. Then he turns again, and again, and again. He wanders off on tangents, re-crosses paths he has already followed, and moves in ever expanding circles, aimlessly pivoting around an invisible centre. He hesitates. He prevaricates. He can't walk towards the shame of doing what he must. He stops, lingers, tarries. He touches the surfaces of the city, opens himself to its tones and textures. He delves into the past, his own past and the past of the place, bringing to mind his bygone encounters with life on the edge of solvency. His is a record of borderline squalor, of exploitation, of begging to maintain the status of even a precarious existence; a history of minor humiliations, of frustrated ambitions, of friendships with the marginalised and kinship with the dispossessed.

How long is In Ruins?

In Ruins by Daniel Davis Wood is 130 pages long, and a total of 32,500 words.

This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Ruins Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 57 minutes to read In Ruins aloud.

What Reading Level is In Ruins?

In Ruins is suitable for students ages 10 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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