On Beauty by Zadie Smith was a good read about a dysfunctional mixed-race middle class family, the Belseys, living in a college community near Boston. Professor Howard Belsey, white, brought up in England, determined to educate himself out of his background, married to a black woman and has three teenage children. Professor Belsey's special subject is "Rembrandt" and he has had an academic feud with another art historian, Kipps, who moves in to the college. There are various "interactions" between the two families. The book addresses "race relations", poverty, education and its exclusivity, hypocrisy and "family" themes. 4/5Monday, June 22, 2009
On Beauty
On Beauty by Zadie Smith was a good read about a dysfunctional mixed-race middle class family, the Belseys, living in a college community near Boston. Professor Howard Belsey, white, brought up in England, determined to educate himself out of his background, married to a black woman and has three teenage children. Professor Belsey's special subject is "Rembrandt" and he has had an academic feud with another art historian, Kipps, who moves in to the college. There are various "interactions" between the two families. The book addresses "race relations", poverty, education and its exclusivity, hypocrisy and "family" themes. 4/5
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