How Long to Read Pigeons on the Grass

How Long Does it Take to Read Pigeons on the Grass?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Pigeons on the Grass by Wolfgang Koeppen

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

Description

Wolfgang Koeppen’s postwar masterpiece in a luminous new translation by the poet Michael Hofmann Pigeons on the Grass is told over a single day in Munich in 1948. The first new cinemas and insurance offices are opening atop the ruins, Korea and Persia are keeping the world in panic, planes rumble in the sky (but no one looks up), newspaper headlines announce war over oil and atomic bomb tests. Odysseus Cotton, a black man, alights at the station and hires a porter; Frau Behrend disowns her daughter; with their interracial love affair, Carla Behrend and Washington Price scandalize their...

How long is Pigeons on the Grass?

Pigeons on the Grass by Wolfgang Koeppen is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Pigeons on the Grass Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Pigeons on the Grass aloud.

What Reading Level is Pigeons on the Grass?

Pigeons on the Grass is suitable for students ages 12 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Pigeons on the Grass?

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