{"product_id":"white-teeth-9780241981399","title":"White Teeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zadie Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth \u003c\/i\u003eis a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Funny, clever ... and a rollicking good read' \u003ci\u003eIndependent \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An astonishingly assured d but, funny and serious ... I was delighted' Salman Rushdie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Julian Barnes, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'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' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Smith writes like an old hand, and, sometimes, like a dream' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Outstanding ... A strikingly clever and funny book with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Do believe the hype' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Relentlessly funny ... idiosyncratic, and deeply felt' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZadie Smith was born in north-west London in 1975. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Whitbread First Novel Award\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the Commonwealth Writers' First Book Prize, and was included in \u003ci\u003eTIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005\u003c\/i\u003e. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has written two further novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNW\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and also edited a short-story anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088387596439,"sku":"9780241981399","price":525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780241981399.webp?v=1767641650","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/white-teeth-9780241981399","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}