On Beauty
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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? This is a story about a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kipp...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af On Beauty af Zadie Smith
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? This is a story about 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. WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZESUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERFrom the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply moving 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
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780141019451
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
464
Udgivelsesdato
06-07-2006
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1543049
EAN nr.
9780141019451
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
129
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
30
Vægt (g)
324