White Teeth by Zadie Smith Paperback Book

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Author: Zadie Smith

Format: Paperback, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Random House Inc

Published: Jun 2001

Genre: Fiction - Literary

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 448

Synopsis

An Englishman, Archie Jones, and a Bengali Muslim named Samad Iqbal, who first met after World War II in Turkey, encounter each other again 30 years later in the North-West London neighborhood where they live with their families. The daughter of Archie and his Jamaican wife falls in love with Samad's radical fundamentalist son. Archie's sister-in-law is a fervent Jehovah's witness. Samad is plagued by guilt over his affair with his children's schoolteacher. And a nearby Jewish family tries to interfere in their lives. In a stew of often competing multicultural elements, Archie, Samad, and their families struggle to find their identities amid the complexities of the 1970s. Zadie Smith calls her acclaimed novel

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Reviews

BookLender review by Stephanie on 2009-10-22 14:30:49

I always highly recommend this book to everyone. I think it was well written and the story is excellent. Zadie Smith touches upon many themes throughout the novel.