White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
Taste attributes: dramacomedyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringfish out of water/culture clashcomplex relationshipsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA realistic novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
3.7 / 5
23 ratings
About This Book
One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, 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.
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- Author
- Zadie Smith
- Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 528
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- Open Library
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