It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House by Peter Handke
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House is Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's evocative, moving, often fantastic, short novel about one man's conflict with himself and his journey toward resolution. During one night shift, an unnamed, middle-aged pharmacist in Taxham, an isolated suburb of Salzburg, tells his story to a narrator. The pharmacist is known and well-respected, but lonely and estranged from his wife. He feels most comfortable wandering about in nature, collecting and eating hallucinogenic mushrooms. One day he receives a blow to the head that leaves him unable to speak, and the...
On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House by Peter Handke is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House aloud.
On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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