It takes the average reader 9 hours and 56 minutes to read Triomf by Marlene van Niekerk
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This is the story of the four inhabitants of 127 Martha Street in the poor white suburb of Triomf. Living on the ruins of old Sophiatown, the freehold township razed to the ground as a so-called 'black spot', they await with trepidation their country's first democratic elections. It is a date that coincides fatefully with the fortieth birthday of Lambert, the oversexed misfit son of the house. There is also Treppie, master of misrule and family metaphysician; Pop, the angel of peace teetering on the brink of the grave; and Mol, the materfamilias in her eternal housecoat. Pestered on a daily...
Triomf by Marlene van Niekerk is 592 pages long, and a total of 149,184 words.
This makes it 200% the length of the average book. It also has 182% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 35 minutes to read Triomf aloud.
Triomf is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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