It takes the average reader 4 hours and 17 minutes to read Out On A Limb? by David Ke
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When the Cultural Revolution starts in 1966, 17-year-old Linbin finds himself ostracized at school simply because he is the son of an executed counterrevolutionary. He seeks love to relieve his banal existence but soon watches his girlfriend Li Ping ditch him after heA[a¬a[s relegated to the countryside. There his relationship with a village girl is frustrated because of his family background. Totally disappointed, he apprentices himself to Zhang the cobbler. Then upon the death of ZhangA[a¬a[s son from leukemia, Linbin assumes his identity to live successfully as a revolutionary martyrA[a¬a[s offspring. County Party Secretary Wang Da appreciates his talent and arranges for him and his daughter to date. Linbin pretends to get along with her and convinces the father to send him to Beijing Medical College, where he discovers true love in an Italian visa student. He meets formidable interference from college authorities, but he is determined to wed her A[a¬A]Out on a Limb is an insightful portrait of an ordinary Chinese suffering, hoping, loving, striving, and surviving. It evokes the savage conflicts of the greatest political campaign in ChinaA[a¬a[s modern history and brings alive absorbing, thought-provoking experiences common to all humanity.
Out On A Limb? by David Ke is 249 pages long, and a total of 64,491 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Out On A Limb? aloud.
Out On A Limb? is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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