Updike s novels revealed the crisis of faith in contemporary America: the old America protected the God,but the young America abandoned the God and tried to replace the God by sex.

• 厄普代克的长篇小说意在揭示当代美国人的信仰危机:昔日的美国守护上帝,而年轻的美国遗弃上帝,并试图用性替代上帝的位置。