On Beauty A Novel

<b>Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction and from the celebrated author of <i>White Teeth</i> comes another bestselling masterwork</b><br> <br> Having hit bestseller lists from the <i>New York Times</i> to the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. <i>On Beauty</i> 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.<br> <br> Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the <i>New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, Time</i>, and <i>Publishers Weekly</i> A <i>New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Denver Post</i>, and <i>Publishers Weekly</i> bestseller A <i>Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlantic Monthly, Newsday, Christian Science Monitor</i>, and <i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> Best Book of the Year Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize BACKCOVER: <b>Praise for <i>On Beauty</i>:</b><br> <br> "A thoroughly original tale . . . wonderfully engaging, wonderfully observed . . . That rare thing: a novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining, as provocative as it is humane."<br> -Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i><br> <br> "A thing of beauty. Oh happy day when a writer as gifted as Zadie Smith fulfills her early promise with a novel as accomplished, substantive and penetrating as <i>On Beauty</i>."<br> -<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br> <br> "Smith's specialty is her ability to render the new world, in its vibrant multiculturalism, with a kind of dancing, daring joy. . . . Her plots and people sing with life. . . . One of the best of the year, a splendid treat. "<br> -<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br> <br> "Short-listed for [the 2005] Man Booker Prize, On Beauty is a rollicking satire . . . a tremendously good read."<br> -<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br> <br>