It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read The Complete Stories by Anita Desai
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Complete Storiesgathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dustand Games at Twilight and the novellas of The Artist of Disappearance, with a new preface from the author. From the icy suburbs of Canada to the overcrowded B&Bs of Cornwall, via the hill towns and cities of India, Anita Desai observes human behaviour unflinchingly but not unkindly, recognising our ordinariness and our strangeness, and capturing both with quiet precision.
The Complete Stories by Anita Desai is 430 pages long, and a total of 107,500 words.
This makes it 145% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 47 minutes to read The Complete Stories aloud.
The Complete Stories is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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