Screen LibraryIn the beauty of the lilies /
"When Clarence Wilmot, a Presbyterian clergyman in early-twentieth century New Jersey, suddenly realizes he no longer believes in God, he resolves to leave the pulpit to remain true to himself/ Quitting his jhob, he becomes instead an encyclopedia salesman and a motion picture addict with crumb...
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Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2006. ©1996 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Penguin modern classics
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| Summary: |
"When Clarence Wilmot, a Presbyterian clergyman in early-twentieth century New Jersey, suddenly realizes he no longer believes in God, he resolves to leave the pulpit to remain true to himself/ Quitting his jhob, he becomes instead an encyclopedia salesman and a motion picture addict with crumbling self-respect. Clarence's own son Theodore, deeply aware of the pain that faith has caused the family grows up to be an agnostic with little ambition. But after Theodore marries a crippled Methodist girl, the pair have a beautiful and ambitious daughter, full of faith and confidence, who will herself become an object of secular worship: Alma DeMott, a screen goddess with a tangled private life."--Back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | 496 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780141188577 (paperback) : 014118857X (paperback) |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/U66-32 |