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About In the Beauty of the Lilies. In the Beauty of the Lilies begins in 1910 and traces God’s relation to four generations of American seekers, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith but finds solace at the movies, respite from “the bleak facts of life, his life, gutted by God’s withdrawal
22 de jul. de 2009 · In the Beauty of the Lilies begins in 1910 and traces God’s relation to four generations of American seekers, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith but finds solace at the movies, respite from “the bleak facts of life, his life, gutted by God’s withdrawal.”
In the Beauty of the Lilies begins in 1910 and traces God’s relation to four generations of American seekers, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith but finds solace at the movies, respite from “the bleak facts of life, his life, gutted by God’s withdrawal.”
Her neglected son, Clark, makes his way back to the fiery fundamentals of Protestant piety. The novel ends in 1990, in Lower Branch, Colorado, and on television. Taking its title from the "Battle-Hymn of the Republic, " In the Beauty of the Lilies spins one saga, one wandering tapestry thread, of the American Century.
John Updike. Ballantine Books, $15.95 (512pp) ISBN 978-0-449-91121-1. The spiritual and sexual malaise of a multigenerational American family is the focus of Updike's masterful novel, a six-week ...
1 de jun. de 2006 · Taking its title from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES traces one family's profound journey through four generations--and across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America.
In the Beauty of the Lilies. John Updike. Published 1996. History. Taking its title from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", "In the Beauty of the Lilies" traces one family's profound journey through four generations - and across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America. It is one of John Updike's fullest and finest work of fiction.
