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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance® by Peter Flannery, Robert M. Pirsig

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance®: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance® audiobook runs 1.7 hours unabridged, narrated by James Purefoy (about 1.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.7listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2012released
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What our data says

  • At 1.7 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance® is an audiobook by Peter Flannery and Robert M. Pirsig: a 1.7-hour unabridged recording, read by James Purefoy, released July 1, 2012, on the Memoirs and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.7 hrs
Narrated by
James Purefoy
Released
July 1, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Lessons in Philosophy
ISBN
9781471304958

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance® audiobook?

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance® runs 1.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.1 hours.

Is the Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance® audiobook free?

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Who narrates Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance®?

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance® is narrated by James Purefoy.