On Beauty by Zadie Smith (English) Paperback Book

Description: On Beauty by Zadie Smith 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? 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Zadie Smiths On Beauty is a funny, powerful and moving story about love and familyWhy 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 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, theconfusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home- right to the heart of family. Notes A multi-generational comic saga in the vein of her million bestseller White Teeth. Howard is an English scholar teaching in America, who feels dismayed by his past and has no plans for the future. Then his oldest son falls for the stunning daughter of the right-wing icon Monty Kipps, and the two families find themselves thrown together, enacting a cultural and personal war against the background of real wars. A writer of remarkable power New York Times Author Biography 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 editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives. The Fraud is her first historical novel. Review The tale of a mixed-race British American family in conflict with another family of opposing sensibilities. As with all Smiths work, its smart, funny and a masterclass in the complexities of identity -- Luan Goldie * Guardian * Promotional Zadie Smiths 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? Prizes Winner of Somerset Maugham Award 2006 Winner of Orange Prize 2006 Short-listed for Orange Youth Panel Prize 2010 Short-listed for British Book Awards: Writer of the Year 2006 Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2005 Promotional "Headline" 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? Details ISBN014101945X Author Zadie Smith Pages 464 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2006 ISBN-10 014101945X ISBN-13 9780141019451 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Edition 1st DEWEY 823.914 Short Title ON BEAUTY Audience Age 14-18 Language English Residence ENK Birth 1975 UK Release Date 2006-07-06 Publication Date 2006-07-06 Audience General NZ Release Date 2006-07-02 AU Release Date 2006-07-02 Alternative 9780241989166 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2944942;

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