On Beauty: a Novel
by Smith, Zadie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670045276
- ISBN 13
- 9780670045273
- Seller
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Synopsis
On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith. It takes its title from an essay by Elaine Scarry (On Beauty and Being Just). The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States. On Beauty addresses ethnic and cultural differences in both the U.S. A and the U.K. , the nature of beauty, and the clash between liberal and conservative academic values. A short article in the Guardian has described it as a "transatlantic comic saga.
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- Bookseller
- B-Line Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31358
- Title
- On Beauty: a Novel
- Author
- Smith, Zadie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian
- ISBN 10
- 0670045276
- ISBN 13
- 9780670045273
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 0670045276
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