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| Author | Zadie Smith |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton, London |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 446 pp |
| ISBN | 0-241-14293-8 |
| OCLC | 61855450 |
| 829.914 22 | |
| LC Class | PR6069.M59 O5 2005b |
On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith, loosely based on Howards End by E. M. Forster. The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States, addresses ethnic and cultural differences in both the USA and the UK, as well as the nature of beauty, and the clash between liberal and conservative academic values. It takes its title from an essay by Elaine Scarry—"On Beauty and Being Just". The Observer described the novel as a "transatlantic comic saga".[1][2]
The novel was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize on 8 September 2005. Smith won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award[3] for fiction and Orange Prize for Fiction in June 2006.[4]
- ^ Stephanie Merritt, "Turn over a new leaf", The Observer, 2 January 2005.
- ^ Tolan, Fiona (30 August 2023). ""Painting While Rome Burns": Ethics and Aesthetics in Pat Barker's "Life Class" and Zadie Smith's "On Beauty"". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 29 (2): 375–393. doi:10.1353/tsw.2010.a461383. JSTOR 41337284. S2CID 170759513.
- ^ "Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - The 82nd Annual". Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - The 82nd Annual. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Zadie Smith Wins Orange Prize" Archived 2006-11-19 at the Wayback Machine. Article at The Book Standard