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On Beauty
- Author
- Zadie Smith
- Narrator
- Peter Francis James
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 24 June 2021
- Run Time
- 18 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Brought to you by Penguin.
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015
SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
From the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply mving 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.
'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
© Zadie Smith 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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The tale of a mixed-race British American family in conflict with another family of opposing sensibilities. As with all Smith's work, it's smart, funny and a masterclass in the complexities of identity
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Details
- Author
- Zadie Smith
- Narrator
- Peter Francis James
- Duration
- 18 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 June 2021
- ISBN
- 9780241994689
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply mving 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.'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© Zadie Smith 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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