It takes the average reader 4 hours and 38 minutes to read The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In Oe's masterpiece of the human condition and family psychology, estranged brothers Mitsusaburo and Takashi have long since left their family home in a remote forested valley on Shikoku, in the south of Japan: Mitsusaburo for work in Tokyo; his younger brother Takashi for the United States, to atone for his part in anti-American student protests. Takashi's return to Japan coincides with a local Korean supermarket magnate's offer to buy the brothers' ancestral storehouse, pitting the brothers against one another and dredging up family histories best forgotten. The Silent Cry is the most...
The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe is 274 pages long, and a total of 69,596 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 20 minutes to read The Silent Cry aloud.
The Silent Cry is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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