Description
| Product ID: | 9780241989166 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | On Beauty |
| Authors: | Author: Zadie Smith |
| Page Count: | 464 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), United Kingdom, Great Britain |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-07-23 |
