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In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike (1996, Hardcover)

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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.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679446400
ISBN-13
9780679446408
eBay Product ID (ePID)
474273

Product Key Features

Book Title
In the Beauty of the Lilies
Author
John Updike
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Literary
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
512 Pages

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Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
24.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3571.P4i44 1996
Edition Number
1
Reviews
"Dazzling . . . a book that forces us to reassess the American Dream and the crucial role that faith (and the longing for faith) have played in shaping the national soul."-- The New York Times "Stirring and captivating and beautifully written . . . This is the Updike of the Rabbit books, who can take you uphill and down with his grace of vision, his gossamer language, and his merciful, ironic glance at the misery of the human condition."-- The Boston Globe "Updike's genius, his place beside Hawthorne and Nabokov have never been more assured."--George Steiner, The New Yorker From the Trade Paperback edition., "Dazzling . . . a book that forces us to reassess the American Dream and the crucial role that faith (and the longing for faith) have played in shaping the national soul."- The New York Times "Stirring and captivating and beautifully written . . . This is the Updike of the Rabbit books, who can take you uphill and down with his grace of vision, his gossamer language, and his merciful, ironic glance at the misery of the human condition."- The Boston Globe "Updike's genius, his place beside Hawthorne and Nabokov have never been more assured."-George Steiner, The New Yorker, "Dazzling . . . a book that forces us to reassess the American Dream and the crucial role that faith (and the longing for faith) have played in shaping the national soul."- The New York Times "Stirring and captivating and beautifully written . . . This is the Updike of the Rabbit books, who can take you uphill and down with his grace of vision, his gossamer language, and his merciful, ironic glance at the misery of the human condition."- The Boston Globe
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
95-023467
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21

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