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Jun 4, 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.
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.
Smith has said that On Beauty is loosely based on the plot of Howards End by E.M. Forster, a writer that Smith claims has inspired all of her works. The name of the character Howard in On Beauty is the clearest tribute to Forster’s book, although it’s worth noting that in that book, there is no character named Howard, and “Howards End” simply refers to a fictional country retreat in ...
Aug 29, 2006 · On Beauty: A Novel. Paperback – August 29, 2006. by Zadie Smith (Author) 4.1 2,594 ratings. See all formats and editions. Named one of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times. Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth.
About On Beauty. Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White 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 ...
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.She is also the editor of The Book of Other People.
Jan 24, 2017 · Set in New England mainly and London partly, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families—the Belseys and the Kippses—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 Kippses, the confusions—both personal and political—of our ...
