Zadie Smith was born in Northwest London in 1975 and still lives in the area. She is the author of White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, Changing My Mind, NW, and most recently Swing Time.
Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction and from the celebrated author of "White Teeth" comes another bestselling masterwork Having hit bestseller lists from the "New York Times" to the "San Francisco Chronicle," this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. "On Beauty" is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture warsaon both sides of the Atlanticaserve 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 Smithas reputation as a major literary talent. Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the "New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, Time," and "Publishers Weekly" A "New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Denver Post," and "Publishers Weekly" bestseller A "Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlantic Monthly, Newsday, Christian Science Monitor," and "Minneapolis Star Tribune" Best Book of the Year Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize BACKCOVER: Praise for "On Beauty": aA 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.a aMichiko Kakutani, "The New York Times" aA 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 "On Beauty."a a"Los Angeles Times" aSmithas 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. a a"Chicago Tribune" aShort-listed for the 2005] Man Booker Prize, On Beauty is a rollicking satire . . . a tremendously good read.a a"San Francisco Chronicle"
Zadie Smith本来可以写的温和些,但因为心中的愤怒,文字多刺,也便少了许多厚实,别看她文字这么多,书又这么厚。 但书确实很好。
评分还好,感觉翻译问题不大,读的满顺利的,只有少许别扭之处。我一直要求自己不要轻易因为翻译问而错过1本好书。 另外,作者好年轻啊。
评分 评分一本书里有所有人想看的,政治,艺术,亲情,作者对细节的描述常常让我发现原来可以这么描述
评分一本书里有所有人想看的,政治,艺术,亲情,作者对细节的描述常常让我发现原来可以这么描述
评分一本书里有所有人想看的,政治,艺术,亲情,作者对细节的描述常常让我发现原来可以这么描述
评分一本书里有所有人想看的,政治,艺术,亲情,作者对细节的描述常常让我发现原来可以这么描述
评分一本书里有所有人想看的,政治,艺术,亲情,作者对细节的描述常常让我发现原来可以这么描述
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