How Long to Read The Lights of Pointe-Noire
By Alain Mabanckou
How Long Does it Take to Read The Lights of Pointe-Noire?
It takes the average reader 3 hours and 23 minutes to read The Lights of Pointe-Noire by Alain Mabanckou
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Alain Mabanckou left Congo in 1989, at the age of twenty-two, not to return until a quarter of a century later. When at last he comes home to Pointe-Noire, a bustling port town on Congo's south-eastern coast, he finds a country that in some ways has changed beyond recognition: the cinema where, as a child, Mabanckou gorged on glamorous American culture has become a Pentecostal temple, and his secondary school has been re-named in honour of a previously despised colonial ruler. But many things remain unchanged, not least the swirling...
How long is The Lights of Pointe-Noire?
The Lights of Pointe-Noire by Alain Mabanckou is 202 pages long, and a total of 50,904 words.
This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read The Lights of Pointe-Noire Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 38 minutes to read The Lights of Pointe-Noire aloud.
What Reading Level is The Lights of Pointe-Noire?
The Lights of Pointe-Noire is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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