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| White Teeth Author: Zadie Smith Published: 2000 | Pages: 464 |
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For some reason I was
under the impression Zadie Smith was of Indian descent. I'm not sure
what possessed me to think that, but I was apparently way off (she's
Jamaican and British.) In any case, Smith does a masterful job of
interweaving the stories of these characters, all from different cultures,
into a pastiche of middle-class English society. Rather than dividing
the characters along religious, political and socio-economic lines,
we see that everyone has their problems, and everyone is dysfunctional
in their own way. Smith makes you feel for her characters. She makes
you want to run screaming from their lives, but at the same time embrace
their lunacy. In any case, I'll certainly be picking up her new book
as soon as it--cheapass that I am--comes out in paperback. For a first
novel written by a person three years my junior, I'm not sure whether
I want to strangle her or cry in awe. Other titles by Zadie Smith: The Autograph Man On Beauty |
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