On Beauty
Author(s): Zadie Smith
Set in New England mainly and London partly, "On Beauty" concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipps - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kipps, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.
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Winner of Orange Prize 2006 and Somerset Maugham Award 2006. Shortlisted for British Book Awards: Writer of the Year 2006 and Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2005 and Orange Youth Panel Prize 2010.
A family in crisis, a university in uproar, and several ill-advised love affairs combine in this scorchingly funny and surprisingly tender novel, written by beloved author Zadie Smith. As always, Smith creates a narrative so compelling that you simply can't get enough - while also making you question your own perception of love, race, and the self. A must-read! Rose, Camberwell
Zadie Smith is an English essayist, author, and professor. She has won (among other awards) the Langston Hughes Medal, the Bodley Medal, the James Tait Black Memorial prize, and a Grammy as a featured artist on Jon Batiste's 2022 Album of the Year We Are. Her work explores love, race, and identity.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.308
- : 01 November 2006
- : 198mm X 129mm X 28mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Zadie Smith
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 464
- : FA