About This Book
In some of these stories shadowy people pass through, cooped up by life, mangled by it, with nowhere to escape to. Their dreams lie stifled, smothered by routine and repetition, and frustrations lurk in all the corners. In others, elusive glimpses of fleeting happiness, which flutter away before the...
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4h 47m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 27m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 28m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 51,700 wordsπ
7 days at 30 min/day
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3 h 27 min
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3 h 50 min
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5 h 45 min
Audio 2x
2 h 52 min
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