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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 ...
Jun 4, 2005 · On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith, loosely based on Howards End by E.M. Forster. On Beauty centers on the story of two families and their different yet increasingly intertwined lives.
Aug 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.
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In Chapter 5 of On Beauty, an anonymous “feckless novelist on a visiting fellowship” sneaks out early from a boring meeting being led by the dean. Zadie Smith was herself a visiting novelist at Harvard, which bears several similarities to Wellington, including its location. A Literary Family.
On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars—on both sides of the Atlantic—serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political.
Sep 13, 2005 · 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.
