About This Book
Hwang Sun-won based this novel on his own experiences in his North Korean home village between the end of World War II and the eve of the Korean War when Korea had been divided into North and South by its two "liberators" - the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 6m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 40m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 37m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 55,000 words📅 8 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
3 h 40 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 4 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
6 h 7 min
Audio 2x
3 h 3 min
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- 📅8 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇8 commutes of 30 min each