About This Book
Based on actual events, The Guest is a profound portrait of a divided people haunted by a painful past, and a generation's search for reconciliation. During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in North Korea was the setting of a gruesome fifty-two day massacre. In an act of collective amnesia the atro...
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Reading Time Estimates
6h 13m
slow reader
180 WPM
4h 28m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 12m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 67,100 words📅 9 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
4 h 28 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 58 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
7 h 27 min
Audio 2x
3 h 44 min
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- 📅9 days reading 30 min/day
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