It takes the average reader 5 hours and 17 minutes to read The Missionary and the Libertine by Ian Buruma
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Since the end of the Cold War, there has been much talk about a new kind of conflict, a conflict between civilizations, that has revived the notion, which never quite disappeared, of an absolute division between East (from Iraq to Japan) and West (western Europe and North America). The Missionary and the Libertine explores this confrontation. Ian Buruma's essays explore Eastern sexuality - Japanese sex in the movies, Banana Yoshimoto and the erotic dreams of young girls; the conflicts between the East and the West in individuals - Benazir Bhutto, Imelda Marcos, Cory Acquino, V. S. Naipaul;...
The Missionary and the Libertine by Ian Buruma is 308 pages long, and a total of 79,464 words.
This makes it 104% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 14 minutes to read The Missionary and the Libertine aloud.
The Missionary and the Libertine is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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