About This Book
From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes this long-awaited memoir recalling Chinua Achebe's personal experiences of and reflections on the Biafran War, one of Nigeria's most tragic civil wars Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart, was a writer whose moral courage and storytellin...
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8h 23m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 2m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 19m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 90,475 wordsπ
13 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
6 h 2 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 42 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
10 h 3 min
Audio 2x
5 h 2 min
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- π 13 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π13 commutesΒ of 30 min each