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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.
4 de jun. de 2005 · On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith, loosely based on Howards End by E.M. Forster. On Beauty centers on the story of two families and their different yet increasingly intertwined lives. The Belsey family, consists of university professor Howard, a white Englishman; his African-American wife Kiki; and their children, Jerome ...
On Beauty Summary. Jerome is a student at Brown doing an internship abroad in London, and while he’s there, he stays with the family of Monty Kipps, a deeply conservative Rembrandt scholar who is the rival of Jerome’s father, Howard Belsey. Jerome is infatuated with the Kippses’ seeming closeness, which they credit to their Caribbean ...
Smith has said that On Beauty is loosely based on the plot of Howards End by E.M. Forster, a writer that Smith claims has inspired all of her works. The name of the character Howard in On Beauty is the clearest tribute to Forster’s book, although it’s worth noting that in that book, there is no character named Howard, and “Howards End” simply refers to a fictional country retreat in ...
29 de ago. de 2006 · On Beauty: A Novel. Paperback – August 29, 2006. by Zadie Smith (Author) 2,549. See all formats and editions. Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth. "In this sharp, engaging satire, beauty's only skin-deep, but funny cuts to the bone." —Kirkus ...
About On Beauty. Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth Having hit bestseller lists from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle, this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university ...
Michael. Michael is a tall businessman of Caribbean heritage. He is the son of Monty and Carlene and the brother of Victoria. Like Monty, he is deeply conservative and religious, and also like Monty, this makes him oblivious to the hidden challenges that the women in his family are facing.
