The Drifters (novel)

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The Drifters is a novel by Pulitzer Prize winner James A. Michener; published by Random House in 1971. Within weeks, it became a bestseller, remaining on bestseller lists for over eight months.

The story traces the travels of six young people who tour Europe and Africa searching themselves and a meaning for their lives in a world where they have no control in their own affairs. On the surface, they are runaways who have carved for themselves an existence based on illegal drugs, pleasure and machismo in exotic locales. The author's mosaic is a document of world history and culture of the period in which it is set and is a manual on bridging generation gaps which ever confound the society at large.

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Works by James A. Michener
Novels:

The Fires of Spring (1949) • Return to Paradise (1951) • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953) • The Floating World (1954) • Sayonara (1954) • The Bridge at Andau (1957) • Hawaii (1959) • Caravans (1963) • The Source (1965) • The Drifters (1971) • Centennial (1974) • Chesapeake (1978) • The Covenant (1980) • Space (1982) • Poland (1983) • Texas (1985) • Legacy (1987) • Alaska (1988) • Caribbean (1989) • Journey (1989) • The Novel (1991) • Mexico (1992) • Recessional (1994) • Matecumbe (2007)
Non Fiction:

The Future of the Social Studies (1939) • The Voice of Asia (1951) • Rascals in Paradise (1957) • Report of the Country Chairman (1961) • Iberia (1968) • Presidential Lottery (1969) • The Quality of Life (1970) • Kent State: What Happened and Why (1971) • Sports in America (1976) • About Centennial: Some Notes on the Novel (1978) • United States of America (1982) • Collectors, Forgers - And A Writer: A Memoir (1983) • All We Did Was Fly to the Moon (1985) • Six Days in Havana (1989) • Pilgrimage: A Memoir of Poland and Rome (1990) • The Eagle and The Raven (1990) • My Lost Mexico (1992) • The World is My Home (1992) • Writer's Handbook (1992) • Creatures of the Kingdom (1993) • Literary Reflections (1993) • William Penn (1994) • Ventures in Editing (1995) • Miracle in Seville (1995) • This Noble Land (1996) • A Century of Sonnets (1997)
Short story collections:

Tales of the South Pacific (1947) • Selected Writings of James Michener (1978)
Film, TV and
theatrical adaptations:
about Michener:

James A. Michener: A Biography (1985) • James A. Michener: A Bibliography (1996) • Michener: A Writer's Journey (2005)



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