491 pages
English language
Published May 6, 1996 by Franklin Library.
In the beauty of the lilies
by John Updike
John Updike: In the beauty of the lilies (1996, Franklin Library)
- OCLC Number:
- 37025150
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Faith ultimately bursts into flame as Updike's major new novel, charting the lives of one family through four generations, shows readers an America whose dream of perfection is translated into an obsession with God and the Moving Picture. Paterson, New Jersey, 1910: When a Presbyterian minister suddenly loses his faith and leaves the pulpit to become a salesman, he becomes a movie addict as well.From the Hardcover edition.
