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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 conservative academic values.
4 de jun. de 2005 · Zadie Smith. 3.77. 82,503 ratings5,950 reviews. 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 town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars-on both sides of the Atlantic-serve to skewer everything from ...
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 ...
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 ...
29 de ago. de 2006 · On Beauty: A Novel. Paperback – August 29, 2006. by Zadie Smith (Author) 2,549. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
On Beauty Summary. Jerome is a student at Brown doing an internship abroad in London, and while he’s there, he stays with the family of Monty Kipps, a deeply conservative Rembrandt scholar who is the rival of Jerome’s father, Howard Belsey. Jerome is infatuated with the Kippses’ seeming closeness, which they credit to their Caribbean ...
6 de jul. de 2006 · On Beauty. Zadie Smith. Penguin Books Limited, Jul 6, 2006 - Fiction - 445 pages. From the Publisher: Howard Belsey, a Rembrandt scholar who doesn't like Rembrandt, is an Englishman abroad and a long-suffering professor at Wellington, a liberal New England arts college. He has been married for thirty years to Kiki, an American woman who no ...
