Obasan: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Obasan audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Mary Ito (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,993 Literary 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
Obasan is an audiobook by Joy Kogawa: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Mary Ito, released January 29, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mary Ito
- Released
- January 29, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780735235878
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Obasan audiobook?
Obasan runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Obasan audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Obasan?
Obasan is narrated by Mary Ito.