Zadie Smith - On Beauty (A Novel) (2nd Hand Hardback)

Synopsis

Sunday Times Bestseller.

Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction.

From the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply 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 between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belsey's and the Kipp's - 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 Belsey's and the Kipp's, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.

Details

• Format : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
• Condition : Very Good
• Category : Fiction - Families & Sagas
• Published : 2005 (Hamish Hamilton / Penguin - 1st Edition, 1st Printing)
• ISBN : 9780241142936
• SKU : B001914
• PPC : SP600gm
• RRP : £20 (Price Clipped)
• Quantity Available : 1 only.

External Reviews

'I didn't want to finish, I was enjoying it so much' - Evening Standard.

'Thrums with intellectual sass and know-how' - Literary Review.

'Filled with humour, generosity and contemporary sparkle' - Daily Telegraph.

'Satirical, wise and sexy' - Washington Post.

The Author

Zadie Adeline Smith FRSL (born Sadie Adeline Smith; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards.

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