How Long to Read The Last Burden

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Burden?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 23 minutes to read The Last Burden by Upamanyu Chatterjee

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

Description

A Fascinating Portrayal Of Life In An Indian Middle-Class Family By The Best-Selling Author Of English, August Upamanyu Chatterjee S Second Novel Brilliantly Recreates Life In An Average Indian Family At The End Of The Twentieth Century. Jamun, The Central Character, Is A Young Man, Unmarried, Adrift. He Stays Away From His Family, Which Comprises His Parents, Urmila And Shyamanand, His Elder Brother, Burfi, His Sister-In-Law, Joyce, His Two Nephews And The Children S Ayah. Jamun Returns To The Family When His Mother Is Hospitalized. Once There, He Decides To Stay On Until One Of His Ailing Parent Dies. He Barely Admits To Himself That There Is Another, Probably Stronger, Reason For His Extended Stay In The Family Home-An Old Friend Kasturi, Now Married And Pregnant, Who Has Returned To The City (That She Associates With Jamun) . . . Flitting Back And Forth In Time And Space, And Writing In A Language Of Unsurpassed Richness And Power, Upamanyu Chatterjee Presents A Funny, Bitterly Accurate And Vivid Portrait Of The Awesome Burden Of Family Ties.

How long is The Last Burden?

The Last Burden by Upamanyu Chatterjee is 316 pages long, and a total of 80,896 words.

This makes it 107% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Burden Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 22 minutes to read The Last Burden aloud.

What Reading Level is The Last Burden?

The Last Burden 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.

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