![]() Looking at the cover, I had anticipated an epic and ancient soap opera from the ’70s, but what I really got was a down-to-earth lesson in the history of the American West. Each chapter is a narrative submission from a researching professor to a magazine board, a context which really allows the reader to accept the novel as probable non-fiction, though certainly it is purely historical fiction at its best. ![]() Over the past month, I have picked up fourteen more of his books and plan to read them periodically over the next several years.īecause I had no idea what to expect in this story, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Centennial has a great beginning set in modern times to get the reader accustomed to the story. I mention all this to say that Centennial is my first Michener novel to try (it was the first one I saw while out garage sale-ing since having the talk with my friend), but it will not be the last. ![]() Something special must have drawn him, and I just had to see what that was. ![]() A doctor friend had recommended Michener to me once several months ago, and because I had known of Michener’s average book length and I also know of doctors’ schedules, I was immediately curious as to how a man so busy could consume books so large. ![]() At 1086 pages, Centennial is probably the longest work of fiction I have ever read, and while the size was initially daunting, the reading itself was thoroughly pleasant, making the book seem much shorter than it really was. ![]()
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