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In the Beauty of the Lilies
In the Beauty of the Lilies
Author: John Updike
ISBN-13: 9780449911211
ISBN-10: 0449911217
Publication Date: 1/21/1997
Pages: 512
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 23 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Although I found this book very hard to begin, I was by the end so enthralled that I completed the novel in no time flat. A really great portrait of generations of American life.
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A wonderful book -- Updike at his best! Updike tracks the fortunes and falls of an American family through four generations and eight decades. In doing so, he tells the story of the whole century as view through the metaphor of the movies.
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John Updike needs no introduction....this is a recent work.