 First edition | |
| Author | Zadie Smith |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Postcolonial literature |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Publication date | 27 January 2000 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 978-0-241-13997-4 |
| OCLC | 43501880 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR6069.M59 W47 2000b |
White Teeth is British author Zadie Smith's debut novel, published in 2000. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends—the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones—and their families in London. The novel centres on Britain's relationship with immigrants from the British Commonwealth.[1]
White Teeth won multiple honors, including the 2000 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the 2000 Whitbread Book Award in category best first novel,[2] the Guardian First Book Award, the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize, and the Betty Trask Award. Time magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.[3] In 2022, it was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[4]
- ^ Lowe, Jan (1 February 2001). "No More Lonely Londoners". Small Axe. 5 (1): 166–180. doi:10.1353/smx.2001.0008. ISSN 1534-6714.
- ^ The Whitbread Book Awards 1971–2005
- ^ "All Time 100 Novels". Time. 16 October 2005. Archived from the original on 19 October 2005.
- ^ "The Big Jubilee Read: A literary celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's record-breaking reign". BBC. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.