On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
Taste attributes: dramacomedyfamilyrealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsocial commentarydeep rivalry
Boxlist takeA realistic, emotional novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
"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.
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- Author
- Zadie Smith
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 464
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- Open Library
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