On Beauty

Author(s): Zadie Smith

BABIES & TODDLERS

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

  • : 9780141019451
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.308
  • : October 2006
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 28mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Zadie Smith
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : good-very good
  • : 464
  • : FA