It takes the average reader 6 hours and 57 minutes to read Nisa by Marjorie Shostak
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Married at twelve, then separated, divorced and widowed, Nisa is the mother of four children, none of whom survived. She is strong, capable of foraging on her own in one of the world's most hostile environments, not dependent on any man for her daily sustenance and ready to talk to anyone as her equal. Wise, full of humour at the absurdities of life and courageous in the face of its defeats, she is bawdy, practical and incurably romantic. She is a woman of the !Khung people who live by means of humanity's oldest survival strategy - gathering and hunting. This book is the remarkable story of...
Nisa by Marjorie Shostak is 413 pages long, and a total of 104,489 words.
This makes it 139% the length of the average book. It also has 128% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 30 minutes to read Nisa aloud.
Nisa is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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