How Long to Read My Father's Book

How Long Does it Take to Read My Father's Book?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 1 minute to read My Father's Book by Urs Widmer

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

Description

In this companion to Urs Widmer's novel "My Mother's Lover", the narrator is again the son who pieces together the fragments of his parents' stories. Since the age of 12, Karl, the father, has observed the family tradition of recording his life in a single notebook, but when his book is lost soon after his death, his son resolves to rewrite it. Here, we get to know Karl's friends - a collection of anti-fascist painters and architects known as Group 33. We learn of the early years of Karl's marriage and follow his military service as the Swiss fear a German invasion during the Second World War, his political activity for the Communist Party and his brief career as a teacher. We are told of Karl's literary translations of his favourite French books, and, most important, the eerie and ever-present coffins outside the houses in the home village of Karl's father, one reserved for each individual from the day he or she is born. Widmer brilliantly combines family history and historical events to tell the story of a man more at home in the world of the imagination than in the real world, a father who grows on the reader just as he grows on his son

How long is My Father's Book?

My Father's Book by Urs Widmer is 181 pages long, and a total of 45,431 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read My Father's Book Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 8 minutes to read My Father's Book aloud.

What Reading Level is My Father's Book?

My Father's Book 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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