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The Novel

A Novel

James A. Michener Steve Berry

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Dial Press Inc.,U.S.
11 August 2015
The classic novel from Michener, in trade paperback for the first time, featuring a new introduction by Steve Berry.

In this riveting, ambitious novel from James A. Michener, the renowned chronicler of epic history turns his extraordinary imagination to a world he knew better than anyone- the world of books. Lukas Yoder, a novelist who has enjoyed a long, successful career, has finished what he believes to be his final work. Then a tragedy strikes in his community, and he becomes obsessed with writing about it. Meanwhile, Yoder's editor fights to preserve her integrity-and her author-as her firm becomes the target of a corporate takeover; a local critic who teaches literature struggles with his ambitions and with his feelings about Yoder's success; and a devoted reader holds the key to solving the mystery that haunts Yoder's hometown.

Praise for The Novel

""Michener explores some of the deepest issues raised by narrative literature.""-The New York Times

""A good, old-fashioned, sink-your-teeth-into-it story . . . The Novel lets us see an unfamiliar side of the author, at the same time portraying the delicate, complex relationship among editors, agents and writers.""-The Philadelphia Inquirer

""Michener loves literature, and his information about some of his favorite reading is almost as alluring as his explanation of how to handle a manuscript.""-Associated Press

""So absorbing you simply will not want

it

to end.""-Charleston News & Courier
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Introduction by:  
Imprint:   Dial Press Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 209mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   315g
ISBN:   9780812986792
ISBN 10:   0812986792
Pages:   384
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

James A. Michener was one of the world's most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

Reviews for The Novel: A Novel

Michener explores some of the deepest issues raised by narrative literature. --The New York Times A good, old-fashioned, sink-your-teeth-into-it story . . . The Novel lets us see an unfamiliar side of the author, at the same time portraying the delicate, complex relationship among editors, agents and writers. --The Philadelphia Inquirer Michener loves literature, and his information about some of his favorite reading is almost as alluring as his explanation of how to handle a manuscript. --Associated Press So absorbing you simply will not want [it] to end. --Charleston News & Courier


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