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A Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee

A Gesture Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Gesture Life runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Greg Watanabe (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Gesture Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Greg Watanabe

Greg Watanabe narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 108 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,831 Historical (Fiction) 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 Gesture Life is an audiobook by Chang-Rae Lee: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Greg Watanabe, released April 17, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
Greg Watanabe
Released
April 17, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9780525638858

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Gesture Life as an audiobook?

A Gesture Life runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is A Gesture Life free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Gesture Life?

A Gesture Life is narrated by Greg Watanabe.

Is A Gesture Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.