Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author audiobook runs 1.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Kotaro Watanabe (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 1.3 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kotaro Watanabe
Kotaro Watanabe narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
35 Memoirs 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
Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author is an audiobook by Haruki Murakami: a 1.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kotaro Watanabe, released October 20, 2026, on the Memoirs and Parenting shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kotaro Watanabe
- Released
- October 20, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Parenting
- ISBN
- 9781529991444
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author audiobook?
Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author runs 1.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.
Is the Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author audiobook free?
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Who narrates Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author?
Abandoning a Cat: A beautifully designed gift edition of the powerful, personal story from the cult Japanese author is narrated by Kotaro Watanabe.