How Long to Read The Anagarika's Swansong

How Long Does it Take to Read The Anagarika's Swansong?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 20 minutes to read The Anagarika's Swansong by Arup Kumar Dutta

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

Description

Anagarika is a Sanskrit word broadly meaning "one who leaves society in search of the truth" . The allusion is to Gautama Buddha who, as Prince Siddhartha, left his family and discarded his princely robes in a quest for enlightenment. The unnamed protagonist of the novel too leaves his aging parents and discards his "€ÂÂmock-princely"€™ robes and sets out to discover a meaning to life. However, since his journey is made in the Kaliyuga his quest leads him straight to the pagalkhana (lunatic asylum) and, when he finally does attain "enlightenment", it turns out to be "a poor man" one! "ÂSwansong" refers to the Buddhist concept of nirvana, the transcendence of the repeated cycle of birth, suffering and death to slide into the Universal life which will witness the obliteration of Âpain and pleasure, love and hatred, charity and greed. The protagonist had been laying out karmic pathways and fondly hopes that the current span of his existence will end in a Âstumble into soul-pulverising silence, making the account of his journey a kind of ˜swansong.

How long is The Anagarika's Swansong?

The Anagarika's Swansong by Arup Kumar Dutta is 434 pages long, and a total of 110,236 words.

This makes it 146% the length of the average book. It also has 135% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Anagarika's Swansong Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 2 minutes to read The Anagarika's Swansong aloud.

What Reading Level is The Anagarika's Swansong?

The Anagarika's Swansong is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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