A Distant Episode: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Distant Episode runs 15.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Zahner and Raphael Corkhill (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tom Zahner
Tom Zahner narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 124 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
324 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Distant Episode is an audiobook by Paul Bowles: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Zahner and Raphael Corkhill, released September 13, 2022, on the Classics (Literature) and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Zahner, Raphael Corkhill
- Released
- September 13, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Short Stories, Romance
- ISBN
- 9780063136335
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Distant Episode as an audiobook?
A Distant Episode runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is A Distant Episode free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Distant Episode?
A Distant Episode is narrated by Tom Zahner and Raphael Corkhill.
Is A Distant Episode worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.