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Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Afterlives: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Afterlives audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Damian Lynch (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Afterlives at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction 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

Afterlives is an audiobook by Abdulrazak Gurnah: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Damian Lynch, released August 23, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Damian Lynch
Released
August 23, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780593626511

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Afterlives audiobook?

Afterlives runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the Afterlives audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Afterlives?

Afterlives is narrated by Damian Lynch.

Is Afterlives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.