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White Teeth

by Zadie Smith
₱737.55
White Teeth
White Teeth

Multicultural tapestry meets comedic generational saga.

If you're drawn to stories that reflect the complexities of modern life and societal transformation, "White Teeth" could resonate with you. Zadie Smith weaves a tale that not only tackles the intersection of culture, identity, and family but does so with a wit that turns everyday struggles into a vibrant, compelling narrative. It's an exploration of post-colonial Britain that manages to be both insightful and humorously irreverent.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2000)
  • Guardian First Book Award (2000)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2000)
  • Whitbread Award for First Novel (2000)
  • John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Nominee (2000)
  • Puddly Award for Debut Novel (2001)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2000)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Overall (2001)
  • Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award (2001)
  • Betty Trask Award (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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White Teeth

by Zadie Smith
₱737.55
ISBN: 9780375703867
Authors: Zadie Smith
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2001-06-12
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, World War II, Race, Asian Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.79
(rated by 163864 readers)

Description

At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith. Set against London’s racial and cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire and into the past as it barrels toward the future, White Teeth revels in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, confounding expectations, and embracing the comedy of daily existence.
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Multicultural tapestry meets comedic generational saga.

If you're drawn to stories that reflect the complexities of modern life and societal transformation, "White Teeth" could resonate with you. Zadie Smith weaves a tale that not only tackles the intersection of culture, identity, and family but does so with a wit that turns everyday struggles into a vibrant, compelling narrative. It's an exploration of post-colonial Britain that manages to be both insightful and humorously irreverent.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2000)
  • Guardian First Book Award (2000)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2000)
  • Whitbread Award for First Novel (2000)
  • John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Nominee (2000)
  • Puddly Award for Debut Novel (2001)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2000)
  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Overall (2001)
  • Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award (2001)
  • Betty Trask Award (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.