This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of On Beauty by Zadie Smith. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including race, class and political divisions. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 54-page...
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On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Book Analysis)
On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
978280801962054EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of On Beauty by Zadie Smith. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including race, class and political divisions. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 54-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Zadie Smith
Presentation of On Beauty
Summary of On Beauty
Character study
Howard Belsey
Kiki Belsey
Zora Belsey
Levi Belsey
Monty Kipps
Victoria Kipps
Carl Thomas
Analysis of On Beauty
Literary influence and inspiration
Race
The political divide
About On Beauty
On Beauty centers around two families, the Belseys and the Kippses. Howard Belsey is a professor of Art History in the USA; his nemesis Monty Kipps is also a professor, and Howard despises him because of his professional success and conservative political views. The two families become closer when Howard’s son Jerome interns for Monty, and when Howard’s wife Kiki befriends Monty’s wife Carlene when the Kippses relocate to the USA, although the two men continue to clash in the world of university politics. The novel was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. It is loosely based on E.M. Forster’s novel Howards End, and also draws on elements of Smith’s own life.
About Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a contemporary English writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, was published in 2000, shortly after she graduated from the University of Cambridge, and was an immediate critical and popular success. She is also the author of the novels The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, the essay collections Changing My Mind and Feel Free, and a number of short stories. Alongside her writing, she is a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty at New York University.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of On Beauty by Zadie Smith. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including race, class and political divisions. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 54-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Zadie Smith
Presentation of On Beauty
Summary of On Beauty
Character study
Howard Belsey
Kiki Belsey
Zora Belsey
Levi Belsey
Monty Kipps
Victoria Kipps
Carl Thomas
Analysis of On Beauty
Literary influence and inspiration
Race
The political divide
About On Beauty
On Beauty centers around two families, the Belseys and the Kippses. Howard Belsey is a professor of Art History in the USA; his nemesis Monty Kipps is also a professor, and Howard despises him because of his professional success and conservative political views. The two families become closer when Howard’s son Jerome interns for Monty, and when Howard’s wife Kiki befriends Monty’s wife Carlene when the Kippses relocate to the USA, although the two men continue to clash in the world of university politics. The novel was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. It is loosely based on E.M. Forster’s novel Howards End, and also draws on elements of Smith’s own life.
About Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a contemporary English writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, was published in 2000, shortly after she graduated from the University of Cambridge, and was an immediate critical and popular success. She is also the author of the novels The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, the essay collections Changing My Mind and Feel Free, and a number of short stories. Alongside her writing, she is a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty at New York University.application/pdf1
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This clear and detailed 54-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Zadie Smith
- Presentation of On Beauty
- Summary of On Beauty
- Character study
- Howard Belsey
- Kiki Belsey
- Zora Belsey
- Levi Belsey
- Monty Kipps
- Victoria Kipps
- Carl Thomas
- Analysis of On Beauty
- Literary influence and inspiration
- Race
- The political divide
About On Beauty
On Beauty centers around two families, the Belseys and the Kippses. Howard Belsey is a professor of Art History in the USA; his nemesis Monty Kipps is also a professor, and Howard despises him because of his professional success and conservative political views. The two families become closer when Howard’s son Jerome interns for Monty, and when Howard’s wife Kiki befriends Monty’s wife Carlene when the Kippses relocate to the USA, although the two men continue to clash in the world of university politics. The novel was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. It is loosely based on E.M. Forster’s novel Howards End, and also draws on elements of Smith’s own life.
About Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith is a contemporary English writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, was published in 2000, shortly after she graduated from the University of Cambridge, and was an immediate critical and popular success. She is also the author of the novels The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time, the essay collections Changing My Mind and Feel Free, and a number of short stories. Alongside her writing, she is a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty at New York University.
Product details
| ISBN | 9782808019620 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
| Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
| Format | |
| Pages | 54 |
| File size | 2.2 MB |
