It takes the average reader 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2012 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 Longlisted for The 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award From Marie NDiaye, the first black woman to win the Prix Goncourt, a harrowing and beautiful novel of the travails of West African immigrants in France. The story of three women who say no: Norah, a French-born lawyer who finds herself in Senegal, summoned by her estranged father to save another victim of his paternity; Fanta, who leaves a contented life as a teacher in Dakar to follow her boyfriend back to France, where his depression and dislocation poison everything; and Khady, a penniless widow put out by her husband's family with nothing but the name of a distant cousin in France. As these three lives intertwine, each woman manages an astonishing feat of self-preservation against those who have made themselves the fastest-growing and most-reviled people in Europe. In Marie NDiaye's stunning narration we see the progress by which ordinary women discover unimagined reserves of strength.
Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye is 306 pages long, and a total of 78,336 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 8 minutes to read Three Strong Women aloud.
Three Strong Women is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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