On Beauty
by Smith, Zadie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1594200637
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200632
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
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
- ACJBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000011008
- Title
- On Beauty
- Author
- Smith, Zadie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1594200637
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200632
- Publisher
- Penguin Press HC, The
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005-09-13
- Size
- 1.4000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.3000 i
- LCCN
- 2006272543
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 1.5500 lb
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