How Long to Read The Sound of the Mountain
By Yasunari Kawabata
How Long Does it Take to Read The Sound of the Mountain?
It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
“The apparently fixed constellations of family relationships, the recurrent beauties of nature, the flaming or flickering patterns of love and lust—all the elements of Kawabata’s fictional world are combined in an engrossing novel that rises to the incantatory fascination of a Nō drama.” —Saturday Review Few novels have rendered the predicament of old age more beautifully than The Sound of the Mountain. For in his portrait of an elderly Tokyo businessman, Yasunari Kawabata charts the gradual, reluctant narrowing of a human life, along with the sudden upsurges of passion that illuminate its...
How long is The Sound of the Mountain?
The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read The Sound of the Mountain Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read The Sound of the Mountain aloud.
What Reading Level is The Sound of the Mountain?
The Sound of the Mountain 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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