About This Book
Hwang Sun-won (1915–2000) is one of modern Korea’s masters of narrative prose. Trees on a Slope (1960) is his most accomplished novel—one of the few Korean novels to describe in detail the physical and psychological horrors of the Korean War. It is an assured, forceful depiction of three young soldi...
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5h 30m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 58m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 50m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 59,400 words📅 8 days at 30 min/day
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Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 24 min
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6 h 36 min
Audio 2x
3 h 18 min
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