How Long to Read The Prisoner

How Long Does it Take to Read The Prisoner?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 37 minutes to read The Prisoner by Hwang Sok-yong

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

Description

A sweeping account of imprisonment--in time, in language, and in a divided country--from Korea's most acclaimed novelist In 1993, writer and democracy activist Hwang Sok-yong was sentenced to five years in the Seoul Detention Center upon his return to South Korea from North Korea, the country he had fled with his family as a child at the start of the Korean War. Already a dissident writer well-known for his part in the democracy movement of the 1980s, Hwang's imprisonment forced him to consider the many prisons to which he was subject--of thought, of writing, of Cold War nations, of the heart. In this capacious memoir, Hwang moves between his imprisonment and his life--as a boy in Pyongyang, as a young activist protesting South Korea's military dictatorships, as a soldier in the Vietnam War, as a dissident writer first traveling abroad--and in so doing, narrates the dramatic revolutions and transformations of one life and of Korean society during the twentieth century.

How long is The Prisoner?

The Prisoner by Hwang Sok-yong is 625 pages long, and a total of 159,375 words.

This makes it 211% the length of the average book. It also has 195% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Prisoner Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 30 minutes to read The Prisoner aloud.

What Reading Level is The Prisoner?

The Prisoner 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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