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White Teeth
By Smith, Zadie
White Teeth
At the center of this invigorating and hilarious novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, hapless veterans of World War II. Set against London's racial and cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire's past as it barrels toward the future, "White Teeth" is an international bestseller now available in paperback.
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Authors:
Smith, Zadie
Copyright:
2000
Format:
Paperback
GTIN13:
9780375703867
ISBN10:
0375703861
Page Count:
464
Dimensions:
5.13x0.98x8.63
Publisher:
Vintage
Jacket Notes:
Zadie Smith's dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith's voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own.
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.
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.
Strand Notes
This stunning debut novel drives off of the intertwining lives of two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, hapless veterans of World War II, who with their families become agents of England's irrevocable socialtransformation. Set against London's racial & cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire and into the past as it barrels towards the future, the novel revels in the ecstatic hodge-podge of modern life, flirting withdisaster while embracing life's comic, everyday existence.
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This stunning debut novel drives off of the intertwining lives of two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, hapless veterans of World War II, who with their families become agents of England's irrevocable socialtransformation. Set against London's racial & cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire and into the past as it barrels towards the future, the novel revels in the ecstatic hodge-podge of modern life, flirting withdisaster while embracing life's comic, everyday existence.
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