An edition of On Beauty (2005)

On beauty

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An edition of On Beauty (2005)

On beauty

a novel

  • 3.6 (12 ratings) ·
  • 50 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

"Howard Belsey is an Englishman abroad, an academic teaching in Wellington, a college town in New England. Married young, thirty years later he is struggling to revive his love for his African American wife Kiki. Meanwhile, his three teenage children - Jerome, Zora and Levi - are each seeking the passions, ideals and commitments that will guide them through their own lives." "After Howard has a disastrous affair with a colleague, his sensitive older son, Jerome, escapes to England for the holidays. In London he defies everything the Belseys represent when he goes to work for Trinidadian right-wing academic and pundit, Monty Kipps. Taken in by the Kipps family for the summer, Jerome falls for Monty's beautiful, capricious daughter, Victoria." "But this short-lived romance has long-lasting consequences, drawing these very different families into each other's lives. As Kiki develops a friendship with Mrs. Kipps, and Howard and Monty do battle on different sides of the culture war, hot-headed Zora brings a handsome young man from the Boston streets into their midst whom she is determined to draw into the fold of the black middle class - but at what price?"--BOOK JACKET

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Publisher
Penguin Press
Language
English
Pages
445

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On beauty: a novel
2006, Howes, Clipper
in English - Large print ed.
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On beauty: a novel
2006, Thorndike Press
in English
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On Beauty
August 29, 2006, Penguin Books
in English
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On Beauty
2006, Penguin Books
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On Beauty
September 13, 2005, Penguin Press HC, The
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On beauty: a novel
2005, Penguin Press
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On Beauty
2005, Q P D
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On beauty: a novel
2005, Penguin Press

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Zadie Smith on beauty

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6069.M59 O5 2005c, PR6069.M59O5 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
445 p. ;
Number of pages
445

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15574706M
Internet Archive
onbeauty00smit
ISBN 10
1594200637
LCCN
2006272543
OCLC/WorldCat
61396956
Library Thing
968993
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
373643
Original languages
English

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