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White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
December 2001
Synopsis
"One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years. White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing with--among many other things--friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous, must-read of a book." (Publisher)
Reviews
- "Dazzling....beguiling....wonderfully inventive, Smith is a master of style whose prose is playful yet unaffected, mongrel yet cohesive, profound yet funny, vernacular yet lyrical." (Los Angeles Times)
- "Astonishing....Smith writes sharp dialogue for every age and race--and she's funny as hell." (Newsweek)
- "[White Teeth] is, like the London it portrays, a restless hybrid of voices, tones, and textures...with a raucous energy and confidence." (The New York Times Book Review)
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Other Books by Zadie Smith
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