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Things That Happened Before the Earthquake by Chiara Barzini

Things That Happened Before the Earthquake: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Things That Happened Before the Earthquake audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Carlotta Brentan (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Things That Happened Before the Earthquake at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 14,520 Literary 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

Things That Happened Before the Earthquake is an audiobook by Chiara Barzini: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Carlotta Brentan, released August 15, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.8 hrs
Narrated by
Carlotta Brentan
Released
August 15, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781524781316

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Things That Happened Before the Earthquake audiobook?

Things That Happened Before the Earthquake runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the Things That Happened Before the Earthquake audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Things That Happened Before the Earthquake?

Things That Happened Before the Earthquake is narrated by Carlotta Brentan.

Is Things That Happened Before the Earthquake worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.