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The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna

The Year of the Hare: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Year of the Hare runs 4.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.6listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

2,438 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

The Year of the Hare is an audiobook by Arto Paasilinna: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released December 28, 2010, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.6 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
December 28, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781481545853

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Year of the Hare as an audiobook?

The Year of the Hare runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.

Is The Year of the Hare free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Year of the Hare?

The Year of the Hare is narrated by Simon Vance.