Smith, Zadie: *1975

On Beauty, 2005 - Information about the Book

  • General Information
    • The story shows an interracial family living in a university town, whose misadventures in the culture wars serve to penetrate everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political.
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  • Articles
    • Critique: "On Beauty confirms Zadie Smith as a writer of remarkable wit and originality". Stephanie Merritt. Guardian Unlimited; September 4, 2005
    • Author Zadie, Take Three by Jessica Murphy and an interview. The Atlantic Monthly; September 16, 2005
    • Author An Evening with Zadie Smith. Host: Georg Diez. SwissEduc. Zurich; October 2, 2006
    • A Thing of Beauty?: "On Beauty, although imperfect, is teaming with energy, insight and ambition. Indeed, in many places it achieves an accomplished balance between the brilliantly comic and the more negative implications arising from characters that live solely for others". Andrew Hay, Balliol College