Description
Product ID: | 9780241981399 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Penguin Essentials |
Title: | White Teeth |
Authors: | Author: Zadie Smith |
Page Count: | 560 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' GuardianOn New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or 'You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you've-started'. A resounding affirmative. Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior. Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations . . . *****'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted' Salman Rushdie An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time! On New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or ''You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you''ve-started''. A resounding affirmative. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-06-01 |