{"product_id":"on-beauty-paperback","title":"On Beauty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eSwing Time \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thoroughly original . . . A novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining, as provocative as it is humane.\" --\u003cb\u003eMichiko Kakutani\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars--on both sides of the Atlantic--serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith's reputation as a major literary talent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNW\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fraud\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as a novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Embassy of Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e; four collections of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntimations\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Dead and Alive\u003c\/i\u003e; a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eGrand Union\u003c\/i\u003e; and a play, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Willesden\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52556593201445,"sku":"9780143037743","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/2-PSM9Ft5I9780143037743.webp?v=1781377046","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/on-beauty-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}