Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Symmons Roberts (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,346 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
Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong is an audiobook by Michael Symmons Roberts: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Symmons Roberts, released May 13, 2025, on the Memoirs and Arts & Entertainment shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Symmons Roberts
- Released
- May 13, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781529968521
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong audiobook?
Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is the Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong audiobook free?
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Who narrates Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong?
Quartet for the End of Time: On Music, Grief and Birdsong is narrated by Michael Symmons Roberts.