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On Beauty

Zadie Smith

From Shelf: The Booker Prize 2005 Shortlist

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZEFrom the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply 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 between New England and London, 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.'Ambitious, hugely impressive, beautifully observed' Guardian

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
464
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9780241989166
Published Date:
23/7/2020
Dimensions:
181mm x 111mm x 27mm
Weight:
251g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

RRP: £8.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780241989166


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The 2006 Women's Prize for Fiction Shortlist
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