Global InformationThe Novel information
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| Author | James Michener |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 446 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-679-40133-4 |
The Novel (1991) is a novel written by American author James A. Michener. A departure from Michener's better known historical fiction, The Novel is told from the viewpoints of four different characters involved in the life and work of a writer of Amish historical novels based in a fictional Pennsylvania Dutch town named Grenzler, in rural Pennsylvania.[1]
There is much discussion of writing, not all of it in support of Michener's own style. Many story devices discussed by the characters are later used by Michener in this same story.
- ^ LEHMANN-HAUPT, CHRISTOPHER (March 28, 1991). "'The Novel,' Michener's Novel About a Novel". New York Times. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2017.