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020			_a9780449911211 [newsprint]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aUpdike, John, _eauthor.
245			_aIn the beauty of the lilies / _cJohn Updike.
260			_aNew York : _bFawcett Books, _cc1997.
300			_a491 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ;
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_a"John Updike's seventeenth novel begins in 1910, and traces God's relation to four generations of an American family, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a Presbyterian clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith, and becomes an encyclopedia salesman and a motion-picture addict. The remainder of Clarence's family moves to the small town of Basingstoke, Delaware, where his cautious son, Teddy, becomes a mailman. Faithless himself, Teddy marries a good Methodist girl and begets Esther, whose prayers are always answered; she becomes an object of worship, a twentieth-century goddess. 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." --Provided by the publisher.
521			_aAdult
541			_xMindajao, Lynie _yCollege of Teacher Education _zFiction
546			_aText in English
650			_aChristian fiction
650			_aCults Fiction
650			_aDomestic fiction
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cArgenette [new] _d08/19/2024
999			_c12591 _d12591