On Beauty: Zadie Smith - Brossura

Smith, Zadie

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ISBN 10: 0141026669 ISBN 13: 9780141026664

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2006

Riassunto

WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE

From the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply mving story about love and family

'I didn't want to finish, I was enjoying it so much' Evening Standard

'Thrums with intellectual sass and know-how' Literary Review

'Filled with humour, generosity and contemporary sparkle' Daily Telegraph

'Satirical, wise and sexy' Washington Post

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.

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L'autore:

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, and a collection of essays, Changing My Mind, and editor of The Book of Other People. 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. White Teeth won multiple awards including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First Book Award. On Beauty was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction, and NW was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Zadie Smith is currently a tenured professor of fiction at New York University and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
'Glorious. Wonderfully engaging, wonderfully observed... that rare thing: a novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining' New York Times
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 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 uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.
'A rollicking satire. Fun, chummy and big-hearted ... a tremendously good read. Rich, entertaining and beautiful' Scotland on Sunday
'Astonishing... much Smith's best book. She writes extraordinarily well about family life' Evening Standard
'A dazzling comedy with a cast from both sides of the Atlantic, deft plotting and pitch-perfect dialogue' Scotsman
'Ambitious, hugely impressive, beautifully observed' Guardian
'As readable and addictive as White Teeth' Independent on Sunday

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0141026669
• ISBN 13: 9780141026664
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 464