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On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith, loosely based on Howards End by E. M. Forster. The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States, addresses ethnic and cultural differences in both the USA and the UK, as well as the nature of beauty, and the clash between liberal and conservative academic values. It takes its title from an ...
- Zadie Smith
- 2005
4 de jun. de 2005 · Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, and Swing Time, as well as two collections of essays, Changing My Mind and Feel Free. 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 ...
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- Zadie Smith
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On Beauty Summary. Jerome is a student at Brown doing an internship abroad in London, and while he’s there, he stays with the family of Monty Kipps, a deeply conservative Rembrandt scholar who is the rival of Jerome’s father, Howard Belsey. Jerome is infatuated with the Kippses’ seeming closeness, which they credit to their Caribbean ...
29 de ago. de 2006 · On Beauty: A Novel. Paperback – August 29, 2006. by Zadie Smith (Author) 4.1 2,570 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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."
- Zadie Smith
- $11.49
- Penguin Books
Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author ofSwing TimeandWhite Teeth 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 ...
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On Beauty takes place in the early 2000s when George W. Bush was president of the United States and Tony Blair was prime minister of England. Many of Howard Belsey and Monty Kipps’s debates over liberal versus conservative values are inspired by real issues that universities faced at that time and continue to face now.
18 de set. de 2005 · Zadie Smith's Culture Warriors. On Beauty. By Zadie Smith. 446 pp. The Penguin Press. $25.95. SOME fearless outside referee had to barge in and try to adjudicate the culture wars, so let us ...
