It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Widely acclaimed as Naguib Mahfouz's best novel, Midaq Alley brings to life one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo in the 1940s. From Zaita the cripple-maker to Kirsha the hedonistic cafe owner, from Abbas the barber who mistakes greed for love to Hamida who sells her soul to escape the alley, from waiters and widows to politicians, pimps, and poets, the inhabitants of Midaq Alley vividly evoke Egypt's largest city as it teeters on the brink of change. Never has Nobel Prize-winner Mahfouz's talent for rich and luxurious storytelling been more evident than here, in his portrait of...
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Midaq Alley aloud.
Midaq Alley is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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