A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Brian Nishii (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 5,212 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Brian Nishii
Brian Nishii narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 631 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
705 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea is an audiobook by Masaji Ishikawa: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Brian Nishii, released January 1, 2018, on the History & Culture and Memoirs shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Brian Nishii
- Released
- January 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Memoirs, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781543602760
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea as an audiobook?
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea?
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea is narrated by Brian Nishii.