• 149. On Beauty by Zadie Smith

  • May 28 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
  • Podcast

149. On Beauty by Zadie Smith

  • Summary

  • Today, we’re wrapping up our spring season with Zadie Smith’s On Beauty, a theme-driven novel that recreates the social world of an elite liberal arts college, exploring issues through nuanced satire on race, class, and beauty. We dig into the stories of the Belsey and Kipp families and Smith’s use of the academic setting to discuss identity and social satire. Our pairings for On Beauty include callbacks to previous classic episodes, essays by Zadie Smith, and surprising historical fiction.

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    Books Mentioned:

    Howard’s End by E.M. Forster

    There is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset

    Passing by Nella Larsen

    Members Only by Sameer Pandya

    Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith

    Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

    Love Marriage by Monica Ali

    Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver

    The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue

    Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

    A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

    Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

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