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White Teeth by Zadie Smith
An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time! 'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Guardian On New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or 'You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you've-started'. A resounding affirmative. Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior. Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations . . . ***** 'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times 'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph 'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted' Salman Rushdie
Funny, clever.. and a rollicking good read * Independent *
Do believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read * The Times *
An impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid -- Meera Syal * Express *
Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time * The New York Times *
Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt * Guardian *
Do believe the hype, buy into it, curl up with it, savour every sentence, then turn around and re-read * The Times *
An impressive début, not only for its vitality and verve, but mainly for the sheer audacity of its scope and vision ... an epic tale ... swooping, funny ... it has ambition, wit and is unafraid -- Meera Syal * Express *
Announces the debut of a preternaturally gifted new writer ... street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time * The New York Times *
Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt * Guardian *
Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; three collections of essays, Changing My Mind, Feel Free and Intimations; a collection of short stories, Grand Union; and the play, The Wife of Willesden, adapted from Chaucer. She is also the editor of The Book of Other People. Zadie Smith was born in north-west London, where she still lives. The Fraud is her first historical novel.
| SKU | GOR000534558 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140276336 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140276335 |
| Title | White Teeth |
| Author | Zadie Smith |
| Condition | Well Read |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Prizes | Winner of Betty Trask Award 2001, Winner of WH Smith Book Awards: New Talent 2001, Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 2000, Winner of Guardian First Book Award 2000, Winner of Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 2000, Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 2000, Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2000 |
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