The Collection of Sand: Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Collection of Sand: Essays runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
636 Classics (Literature) 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
The Collection of Sand: Essays is an audiobook by Italo Calvino: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released July 20, 2018, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- July 20, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781501963698
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Collection of Sand: Essays as an audiobook?
The Collection of Sand: Essays runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Collection of Sand: Essays free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Collection of Sand: Essays?
The Collection of Sand: Essays is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.