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In the beauty of the lilies

In the beauty of the lilies

Romance Religious Fiction Literary Fiction Family Fiction

John Updike

Authors: John Updike
Print type: BOOK

Description:

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.