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"An international best seller: a vivid, masterly novel about a Flemish man who reconstructs his grandfather's story--his hopes, loves, and art, all disrupted by the First World War--from the unflinching notebooks he filled with pieces of his life. The life of Urbain Martien--artist, soldier, survivo...
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7h 46m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 36m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 0m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 83,875 wordsπ
12 days at 30 min/day
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5 h 36 min
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6 h 13 min
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9 h 19 min
Audio 2x
4 h 40 min
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