It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Volcano by Shūsaku Endō
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
At once a powerful novel of ideas and a dramatic, suspenseful narrative. The action takes place over a few months in the lives of two men--Jinpei Suda, a volcanologist, and Durand, an unfrocked French Catholic priest. Both men have become obsessed by Akadaké, a quiescent volcano that is either in its death throes or taking on renewed life. For both men, the question of whether the volcano is still active or not becomes their overriding concern, the question that justifies their own lives. Suda, retired and ignored by his family, has spent fifteen years studying the volcano and is convinced...
Volcano by Shūsaku Endō is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.
This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Volcano aloud.
Volcano is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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