false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174259387m/373643.jpg 3679 34 910752 book 2005 On Beauty total:12189|5:2190|4:4576|3:3668|2:1327|1:428| 12189 43340 16746 1739 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 4 10 false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu May 31 11:49:59 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 11:50:34 -0700 2007 On Beauty in the Honolulu Weekly:

Poor Zadie Smith published White Teeth at an absurdly young age to massive critical acclaim. Her second novel, The Autograph Man, bombed like Frank DeLima at a Hawaiian Studies faculty dinner. White Teeth was an incredibly intric...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 2 6 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 15:02:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 15:14:41 -0700 2007
I am embarrassed to...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 4 6 false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 12:46:05 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 11:59:03 -0800 2008
If such writer-jealousy plagues you often, don't pick up On Beauty. You may w...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 3 4 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 18:18:16 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 07:32:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 373643 1594200637 9781594200632 641 122 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174259387m/373643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/373643.On_Beauty 5 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 06:56:06 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 07:17:59 -0700 2007
in the middle of...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 5 3 false Tue May 13 08:13:30 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 20:36:47 -0700 2008 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 5 1 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 11:42:24 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 12:25:26 -0700 2009 On Beauty is brilliant. I loved the extra layer of meaning that my reading of E.M. Forster's Howards End provided -- but I don't think it's necessary to do background reading to enjoy this novel. The characters are "messy," as Zadie Smith would say -- most of them make a lot of mis...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 3 2 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 03:43:40 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 03:03:44 -0700 2008 1 On Beauty is about two families on opposing sides of the culture war: The atheist, liberal Belseys on one side and the ultra-religious, ultra-conservative Kipps' on the other. It's also about race and racial identity: black versus white and the influx of poor Haitian immigrants in...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 16:44:43 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 17:57:25 -0800 2008
I don't often feel this way about books but I felt at an inherent disadvantage reading this as a white girl. The main ideas explored have so much to do with race and racial conflicts in particular. Set primarily in Boston, it concerns a marriage between a white professor and...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 4 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 14 18:38:22 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 14 18:39:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 4 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 27 09:57:59 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 10:09:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 4 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 14:12:15 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 14:12:15 -0700 2007
This time, though, most of the novel is set in a Boston suburb, so we get a convincing helping of the American teenager, including the three childre...more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 2 1 false Mon Aug 06 06:26:21 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 07:10:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 210544 014101945X 9780141019451 277 56 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172721604m/210544.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210544.On_Beauty 4 1 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jul 06 08:33:36 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 08:34:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 3 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 25 18:01:32 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 18:03:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 1 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 10:08:48 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 10:08:48 -0800 2007 On Beauty is a reinterpretation of E.M. Forster's Howard's End, a classic by one of my favorite authors. Smith had a lot to overcome with that background, and, unfortunately, she couldn't do it. On Beauty is a pedestrian book. It makes a few points about race, class, art, and academia - all of which...more...]]> 210544 014101945X 9780141019451 277 56 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172721604m/210544.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210544.On_Beauty 3 1 false Wed May 07 09:53:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 14 14:58:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 5 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 11:05:35 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 06:14:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3679 0143037749 9780143037743 10873 1497 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165030310m/3679.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3679.On_Beauty 1 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 06 07:30:22 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 07:34:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 373643 1594200637 9781594200632 641 122 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174259387m/373643.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/373643.On_Beauty 2 2 false Thu Aug 02 15:05:32 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 07:32:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=373643