On Beauty
by Smith, Zadie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1594200637
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200632
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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
- Take Five Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022897
- Title
- On Beauty
- Author
- Smith, Zadie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594200637
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200632
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- LCCN
- 2006272543
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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