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A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations by Pico Iyer

A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sartaj Garewal (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.5listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations is an audiobook by Pico Iyer: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sartaj Garewal, released September 5, 2019, on the Memoirs and Asia shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sartaj Garewal
Released
September 5, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Asia, Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781526617880

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations as an audiobook?

A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.

Is A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations?

A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations is narrated by Sartaj Garewal.