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On Beauty
Zadie Smith
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Description for On Beauty
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 122 x 29. Weight in Grams: 258.
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
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From the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply moving story about love and family
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful?
Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141026664
SKU
V9780141026664
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About Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; three collections of essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free and Intimations; a collection of short stories, Grand Union; and the play, The Wife of Willesden, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the ... Read more
Reviews for On Beauty
The tale of a mixed-race British American family in conflict with another family of opposing sensibilities. As with all Smith's work, it's smart, funny and a masterclass in the complexities of identity
Luan Goldie
Guardian
Luan Goldie
Guardian