In the Beauty of the Lilies
1996 novel by John Updike / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the Beauty of the Lilies is a 1996 novel by John Updike. It takes its title from a line of the abolitionist song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The novel received the 1997 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction.
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Author | John Updike |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Christian fiction |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1996 |
Media type | |
Pages | 491 |
Awards | Ambassador Book Award |
ISBN | 9780679446408 |
OCLC | 906666002 |
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In The New York Times, critic Michiko Kakutani called the work “dazzling ... a book that forces us to reassess the American Dream.”[1]