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The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between by Hisham Matar

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Hisham Matar (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between at common listening paces
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30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 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.

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 Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between is an audiobook by Hisham Matar: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Hisham Matar, released June 30, 2016, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Hisham Matar
Released
June 30, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9780241976135

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between as an audiobook?

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between?

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between is narrated by Hisham Matar.