In The Beauty Of The Lilies - A Novel

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Generational search for transcendence in America.

In The Beauty Of The Lilies could be a great read for those interested in the generational search for transcendence in America. Updike expertly brings together four generations of American seekers, exploring their challenges with faith and their search for transcendence. The novel also provides insights into how media and celebrity culture influence our understanding of religion in modern times. Readers looking for a thought-provoking exploration of American religiosity and culture should definitely give this one a try.

  • Ambassador Book Award for Fiction (1997)
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In The Beauty Of The Lilies - A Novel

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ISBN: 9780449911211
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM141.46 MYR
Authors: John Updike
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date of Publication: 1997-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.73
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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.” His son, Teddy, becomes a mailman who retreats from American exceptionalism, religious and otherwise, into a life of studied ordinariness. Teddy has a daughter, Esther, who becomes a movie star, an object of worship, an All-American goddess. Her neglected son, Clark, is possessed of a native Christian fervor that brings the story full in the late 1980s he joins a Colorado sect called the Temple, a handful of “God’s elect” hastening the day of reckoning. In following the Wilmots’ collective search for transcendence, John Updike pulls one wandering thread from the tapestry of the American Century and writes perhaps the greatest of his later novels.
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Generational search for transcendence in America.

In The Beauty Of The Lilies could be a great read for those interested in the generational search for transcendence in America. Updike expertly brings together four generations of American seekers, exploring their challenges with faith and their search for transcendence. The novel also provides insights into how media and celebrity culture influence our understanding of religion in modern times. Readers looking for a thought-provoking exploration of American religiosity and culture should definitely give this one a try.

  • Ambassador Book Award for Fiction (1997)
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