On Beauty by Zadie Smith
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE. SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
From the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply moving story about love and family
Why 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.
Paperback | 464 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.3 | 314g
03 Jul 2006
Penguin Books Ltd
London, United Kingdom
English
Edition Number: 1
014101945X
9780141019451
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks along the edges, and a minor crease on the top-left corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. There is a very slight lean to the spine. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.