How Long to Read Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things

How Long Does it Take to Read Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things by Gary Geddes

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

Description

From war-torn Afghanistan, through the snow-capped Himalayas and across the burning sands of the Taklamakan desert, to a rapidly modernizing China and on to the Central American jungles: it seems an impossible journey, but one that Gary Geddes eagerly undertook in order to retrace the voyage of the legendary 5th-century Buddhist monk Huishen. Geddes was long fascinated with stories of Huishen’s life and travels: this Afghan holy man fled Kabul for China and may have crossed the Pacific to North America 1,000 years before Columbus. The length and breadth of this expedition, and its difficulty, would have been amazing enough on its own, but Geddes’s trip takes on an added dimension and poignancy due to its timing: he reaches Afghanistan one month before September 11, 2001 and arrives in China as the tragic events unfold. Along the way, Geddes encounters Afghan refugees, Pakistani dissidents, Tibetan monks, Buddhist scholars, a KFC outlet in Luoyang, mysterious cairns in Haida Gwaii, and ghostly remains in Mexico. As the Silk Road morphs into superhighways, ancient sculptures turn into military targets, Geddes glimpses, in the collision of past and present history, important clues for imagining a workable future.

How long is Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things?

Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things by Gary Geddes is 241 pages long, and a total of 60,491 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things aloud.

What Reading Level is Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things?

Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things 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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