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See moreWhy do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? This is a story about 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.
Zadie Smith's On Beauty is a funny, powerful and 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?
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On Beauty by Zadie Smith is a funny, powerful, and 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 mainly in New England and partly in London, 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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On Beauty is praised for its wit and insightful exploration of identity, focusing on the conflicts and dynamics of a mixed-race British American family. Zadie Smith's characteristic intelligence and humour shine through, making it a profound and entertaining read.
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ISBN: 9780141019451
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 July 2006
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 323g
Pages: 464
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About the Author
Zadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. She is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty and NW, as well as The Embassy of Cambodia and a collection of essays, Changing My Mind. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002, and was listed as one of Granta's 20 Best Young British Novelists in 2003 and again in 2013. White Teeth won multiple literary awards including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. On Beauty was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006, and NW was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Fiction 2013. Zadie Smith is currently a tenured professor of fiction at New York University and lives in London and New York with her husband and two children. In 2016 she will publish her next novel, Swing Time.
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