by Connie May Fowler (Author), Connie May Fowler (Author)
Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London. One of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, 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. "Funny, clever...and a rollicking good read." (Independent). "An astonishingly assured debut, funny and serious...I was delighted." (Salman Rushdie). "The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages." (Julian Barnes, Guardian). "Quirky, sassy and wise...a big, splashy, populous production reminiscent of books by Dickens and Salman Rushdie...demonstrates both an instinctive storytelling talent and a fully fashioned voice that's street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time." (New York Times). "Smith writes like an old hand, and, sometimes, like a dream." (New Yorker 'Outstanding...A strikingly clever and funny book with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life. " (Sunday Telegraph). "Do believe the hype." (The Times). "Relentlessly funny...idiosyncratic, and deeply felt." (Guardian).
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 22 Apr 1993
ISBN 10: 0140276335
ISBN 13: 9780140276336
Book Overview: S 2001 Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Prizes: Winner of Betty Trask Award 2001 and WH Smith Book Awards: New Talent 2001 and Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 2000 and Guardian First Book Award 2000 and Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 2000. Shortlisted for Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 2000 and Orange Prize for Fiction 2000.