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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 ...
Jun 4, 2005 · On Beauty follows the Belsey family: an interracial couple, Howard and Kiki, married thirty years living in an upper middle class town with their three children, Jerome, Zora and Levi.
On Beauty is a contemporary campus novel that explores themes of race, class, and identity through the perspectives of two families, the Belseys and the Kipps. The novel is loosely based on Howards End by E.M. Forster and features a love triangle, a scandal, and a lot of humor.
Aug 29, 2006 · 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.
A novel about a family of academics and their interracial relationships, scandals, and conflicts. The plot follows the Belsey family, who are white and Black, and their rivals, the Kipps family, who are white and Caribbean, as they navigate love, work, and identity in Boston and London.
Jan 25, 2010 · And what is the beautiful thing, and how far will you go to get it? Set on both sides of the Atlantic, Zadie Smith's third novel is a brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, intersections of the personal and political, and an honest look at people's deceptions.
On Beauty is a contemporary literary fiction that explores the theme of beauty through the conflicts of the Belsey and Kipps families, who are influenced by E.M. Forster's Howard's End. The novel reflects on the intersections of identity, politics, and culture in the contemporary world, especially for Black characters.
