On Beauty

On Beauty

By Zadie Smith

Set on both sides of the Atlantic, Smith's third novel is a brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and the political, and an honest look at people's deceptions.

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Publisher: Penguin Books
Publish Date: 09/01/2006
Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780143037743
ISBN-10: 0143037749
Language: English

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Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth "In this sharp, engaging satire, beauty's only skin-deep, but funny cuts to the bone." --Kirkus Reviews Having hit bestseller lists from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle, this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars--on both sides of the Atlantic--serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith's reputation as a major literary talent.

About the Author

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.

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