The Novel
  • Published:
    Apr-1991 (Hardcover)
    Jul-1992 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    448
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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.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii.
 
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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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • Jul-1992
    • Fawcett
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0449221431
    • ISBN13: 9780449221433
    •  
    • Aug-2015
    • Dial Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0812986792
    • ISBN13: 9780812986792
    • First Edition
    • Apr-1991
    • Random House
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0679401334
    • ISBN13: 9780679401339
    •  
    • Oct-2009
    • Random House Trade Paperbacks
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Mar-2014
    • Random House
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0804151555
    • ISBN13: 9780804151559
    •  
    • May-1991
    • Random House Audio
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0679402284
    • ISBN13: 9780679402282
    •  
    • Aug-2015
    • Random House Audio
    • Audible
    •  
    • Sep-2015
    • Random House Audio
    • Audible
    •  
    • Sep-2015
    • Random House Audio
    • Audible
    •  
    • May-1991
    • Random House Large Print
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0679403485
    • ISBN13: 9780679403487
    • Large Print



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