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The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China by Alec Ash

The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alec Ash (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 39,028 Non-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

The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China is an audiobook by Alec Ash: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alec Ash, released April 18, 2024, on the Non-Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Alec Ash
Released
April 18, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781004157952

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China as an audiobook?

The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China?

The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China is narrated by Alec Ash.

Is The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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