White Teeth

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext One of the most talked about and critically acclaimed literary debuts of recent years, which went straight into the "Sunday Times" top ten, and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Over 20,000 copies sold in Hamish Hamilton hardcover, and many more to come in this format, helped by a national press advertising campaign. Zusammenfassung 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, this book is written with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life.

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Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read Independent

Product details

• Authors: Zadie Smith, Smith Zadie
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.01.2001
• EAN: 9780140276336
• ISBN: 978-0-14-027633-6
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, Sagas, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / City Life, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Generational sagas, Relating to Black British people, Relating to British South Asian people, Relating to peoples or groups of multiple heritage / culture